The South Jetty Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.39° N 74.39° W

The South Jetty 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The South Jetty sea temperature is
25.2°C
3.3° 

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


How big are the waves at The South Jetty today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for The South Jetty at 7PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed night, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.7
SSW
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.7
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
1.1
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.4
S
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1
SSW
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
6
6
6
7
14
10
10
14
24
53
90
119
131
131
117
160
85
25
26
25
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:44PM1.52m
7:17AM1.30m
7:36PM1.54m
8:07AM1.38m
8:25PM1.52m
Low Tide
12:06PM0.10m
1:02AM0.04m
1:04PM0.04m
1:49AM-0.02m
1:57PM-0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:17
7:15
7:14
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
23
25
26
25
24
23
23
22
24
25
24
24
24
24
23
23
25
28
27
24
23
Feels °C
24
24
24
23
24
22
22
21
22
23
21
21
20
21
20
20
23
28
28
25
27
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