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Sands surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Sands at 1PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)3s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
E
0.8
SE
0.9
ESE
1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)663455666666455678888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)813727537692645434231510353668163186196181140835741
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
W
20
NNW
15
N
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
20
W
30
W
30
W
40
WNW
45
W
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
0.93
1:34PM
0.88
2:15AM
0.91
2:23PM
0.81
3:03AM
0.90
3:13PM
0.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
0.09
7:44PM
0.02
8:16AM
0.14
8:36PM
0.08
9:19AM
0.16
9:29PM
0.11
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise--7:18-------7:18-------7:18-----
Sunset----4:46-------4:47-------4:49---
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1-----479----------
Temp. °C666791113128563464466666311
Feels °C (?)2101461010302-1-2301320-2-3-8-10-10
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