The South Jetty surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 22 Mar 2026 EDT
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The South Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The South Jetty sea temperature is
5.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The South Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for The South Jetty at 9PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.5
NE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)845566677777999996669999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1829596772777873793837252420141512182011772926
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
10
W
5
ESE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
15
E
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:14AM
1.12
11:34PM
1.39
12:08PM
1.04
12:31AM
1.34
1:08PM
0.96
1:34AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:59PM
-0.13
5:57AM
-0.07
5:53PM
-0.05
7:02AM
0.01
6:54PM
0.02
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:54-------6:52
Sunset--7:10-------7:12-------7:13-----
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------2111-------------
Temp. °C1012141214131196687421034333444
Feels °C (?)57971213751252-4-7-8-9-4-2-2-3-3-1-2-1
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