The South Jetty Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.39° N 74.39° W

The South Jetty 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's The South Jetty sea temperature is
25.6° C
2.2° 

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 (15 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The South Jetty at 7AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 21°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun night).

Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
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
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
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
6
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
S
5
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
S
5
0.1
SE
9
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SE
5
0.4
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
3
0.6
S
4
0.7
SSE
4
1
SSE
4
1.1
S
5
1.2
S
6
1.4
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
8
3
3
3
8
6
6
4
12
5
9
12
35
61
85
130
57
42
33
30
38
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
10:47AM1.39m
11:00PM1.41m
11:33AM1.37m
11:45PM1.29m
12:19PM1.34m
Low Tide
4:23AM-0.07m
4:37PM0.03m
5:06AM0.01m
5:28PM0.13m
5:50AM0.10m
6:22PM0.23m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:52
7:51
 mm
3
1
2
3
13
1
Temp °C
24
23
22
24
25
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
22
21
23
23
24
24
25
28
29
28
27
Feels °C
27
25
23
24
24
24
25
25
26
26
24
23
22
19
18
20
22
25
24
27
31
31
30
29
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