The South Jetty 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 39.39° N 74.39° W

Issued: 6 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The South Jetty sea temperature is

14.8°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The South Jetty today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The South Jetty at 2AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s

Table - waves today at The South Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 86mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 4			Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 9	SE 9	S 5	SE 9	SE 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	SE 8	SSE 6	SE 7	SSE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	14	13	13	49	27	28	38	37	53	60	62	77	75	120	96	79	110	91	71	88	79	154
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSW	WNW	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross	off	off	off
High Tide		4:15PM1.26m				4:51AM1.31m				5:05PM1.24m				5:36AM1.38m				5:51PM1.22m				6:19AM1.43m
Low Tide				10:21PM0.08m				10:45AM0.16m				11:06PM0.06m				11:37AM0.12m				11:48PM0.05m


	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—
	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:51	—	—	—	—	4:50
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	4	7	35	30	6	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	19	18	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	16	16	14	12
Feels °C	19	18	18	16	18	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	17	15	15	18	16	16	15	12	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 8	E 11	SE 7	SSE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 10
kJ	14	13	13	49	27	28	38	37	44	43	42	44	47	120	2	79	110	91	71	88	79	154
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	ESE 9	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	—	E 11	E 11	E 10	SE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	3	8	7	1	1	1	—	—	3	3	3	3	3	2	—	2	2	2	16	2	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 7	SE 9	—	ESE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	E 10
kJ	2	1	3	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29	2	2	2	—	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	S 3	SSW 3	S 4	S 5	S 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	SSW 5	SSE 6	S 5	SSW 6	NNW 2	—	—	—	WNW 2
kJ	—	—	1	3	16	27	26	33	53	60	62	77	75	35	96	67	67	1	—	—	—	1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Pelican Poles Carolina South	Summerville Nova Scotia	Damneck Naval Base Virginia	Belmar Fishing Pier New Jersey	Grandview Virginia	Hunting Island Carolina South	El Broke North East Coast	Yellow Rock Reef Amber Coast	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Jax Beach Pier Florida - North	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Hunting Island Carolina South	Sandy Hook/The Cove New Jersey	Sandy Hook/The Cove New Jersey	Crystals New Jersey	Bay Head New Jersey	Crystals New Jersey	The South Jetty New Jersey	The South Jetty New Jersey	The South Jetty New Jersey
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	795	795	941	320	94	304	954	2263	2212	1392	1193	496	496	954	120	120	3	82	3	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in New Jersey					7 Presidents Street Park										Sandy Hook/The Cove	Sandy Hook/The Cove	Sandy Hook/The Cove	Sandy Hook/The Cove	Waverly	Waverly	Waverly	Waverly
Rating (10 max)					1										1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6

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