The South Jetty surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
11.9° C
(Which is 4.6°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 8AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
ESE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)666444444556666777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2019129697101537736545176888944444
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
S
15
WSW
40
NW
35
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
10
W
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
WNW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
1.52
9:24AM
1.24
9:40PM
1.56
10:12AM
1.20
10:28PM
1.56
11:03AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:08AM
-0.21
3:08PM
-0.18
3:57AM
-0.20
3:53PM
-0.15
4:50AM
-0.15
4:42PM
-0.08
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:16-------6:15-------6:13----
Sunset------7:37-------7:37-------7:38-
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C1912109910101010121415108101211111178101110
Feels °C (?)179755677681213204576510023
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