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 Thursday 21 Aug 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 24.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Sands at 6PM is: 3.0m 17s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 2.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	18s
Evening (21 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	16s

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

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	Thursday 21					Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	2	1	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	16	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2956	5640	6056	5188	3800	3364	2447	2543	1202	1126	894	792	622	477	425	366	306	304	271	216	214	182	182	144
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	ESE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 0.98				8:38PM 1.18				9:10AM 1.03				9:24PM 1.19				9:55AM 1.07				10:06PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)			2:14PM 0.05				3:05AM -0.02				3:06PM 0.03				3:50AM -0.05				3:54PM 0.02				4:30AM -0.05

	Thursday 21					Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	24	24	20	19	18	18	21	24	25	24	21	20	20	20	23	24	23	23	22	22	22	23
Feels °C (?)	12	15	19	19	14	14	12	13	16	22	21	19	17	16	17	18	20	20	18	20	19	19	20	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update No recent live wind reports 11 km from Sands. 2.5m 8s swell from the ENE with a 1.7m 16s long period groundswell from the SSE and a 1.0m 18s long period groundswell from the SE. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
7 hours 18 minutes ago Sands

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