The South Jetty Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.39° N 74.39° W

The South Jetty 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 01 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's The South Jetty sea temperature is
24.3° C
1.0° 

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 (01 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The South Jetty at 12PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (01 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (01 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 23°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
1
Sunday
2
Monday
3
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
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
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.5
S
8
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
S
7
0.7
SSE
4
0.7
SSE
4
0.7
S
4
0.7
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
4
1
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
6
1
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
7
1.4
S
7
1.5
S
7
1.9
S
8
1.8
S
8
2.3
S
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
27
26
29
40
36
17
19
20
22
28
44
47
51
72
192
187
239
441
407
600
191
159
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
S
10
SW
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
High Tide
10:38AM1.16m
10:46PM1.34m
11:15AM1.20m
11:24PM1.29m
11:56AM1.24m
Low Tide
4:18AM0.08m
4:16PM0.19m
4:52AM0.09m
5:00PM0.21m
5:30AM0.10m
5:52PM0.24m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:09
8:08
8:07
 mm
1
1
4
3
3
3
2
5
5
1
1
Temp °C
25
24
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
24
24
23
25
24
24
23
24
25
Feels °C
27
26
27
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
25
25
27
27
27
26
24
25
24
25
25
27
28
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