The South Jetty Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.39° N 74.39° W

The South Jetty 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The South Jetty sea temperature is
24.3° C
1.1° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The South Jetty at 5PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (28 Jul)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
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)
0.4
SE
8
1
S
4
1.2
S
5
1.4
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.1
SSE
6
1
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.5
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
38
73
122
148
97
94
85
78
67
62
53
53
33
32
45
44
43
23
23
34
Wind (km/h)
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
S
15
S
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:07AM1.01m
8:23PM1.40m
8:49AM1.05m
9:02PM1.41m
9:27AM1.10m
9:38PM1.41m
Low Tide
1:43PM0.21m
2:41AM0.14m
2:24PM0.18m
3:15AM0.11m
3:01PM0.17m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:14
8:13
8:12
 mm
1
1
4
6
9
1
1
Temp °C
25
24
24
20
22
22
22
22
24
26
26
25
22
21
20
20
23
24
25
24
21
Feels °C
25
23
22
18
21
23
25
24
25
27
26
25
22
20
19
19
22
23
24
25
21
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