Sands Surf Forecast

/ New Jersey (82 breaks) / New Jersey (82 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (40.37° N 73.97° W)

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Sands surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 07 Oct 2025 EDT

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Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sands sea temperature is 20.9° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Sands at 3PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 07). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (07 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (07 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

Table - waves today at Sands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 07					Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	S	S	S	SE	SE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	5	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	9	9	4	5	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	15	14	50	23	23	14	14	13	71	47	36	30	31	52	54	70	84	109	85	52	47	26	22	18
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	NW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 1.27				9:59PM 1.18				10:19AM 1.31				10:47PM 1.14					11:07AM 1.30				11:39PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)			4:00PM -0.10				4:09AM -0.13				4:49PM -0.12				4:54AM -0.11					5:39PM -0.10				5:40AM -0.07

	Tuesday 07					Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	23	21	21	21	22	19	18	16	18	19	16	14	12	9	10	13	15	14	13	13	13	12
Feels °C (?)	21	19	19	17	17	18	20	16	16	12	15	11	8	6	4	1	2	6	8	7	7	8	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Sands (light winds from the SW at BUOY-SDHN4 11 km from Sands). 0.5m 4s local chop from the SSW with a 0.3m 10s swell from the ESE and a 0.3m 10s swell from the SE as well as a 0.2m 8s swell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 49 minutes ago Sands

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2 h 49 min ago

18 km/h

Cross-Off

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