38th St Beach surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 EDT
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38th St Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 38th St Beach sea temperature is
21.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at 38th St Beach today?

The current surf forecast for 38th St Beach at 2PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at 38th St Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
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 (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)8888888887771099556666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58585845293030312018171014141337751151179876718585
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NW
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
NNW
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
1.42
7:05AM
1.24
7:21PM
1.42
7:50AM
1.30
8:04PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.22
12:50AM
0.14
12:51PM
0.18
1:33AM
0.10
1:39PM
0.14
2:12AM
0.08
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:41-------6:43
Sunset--7:00-------7:00-------6:58-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202123232222212124252624242220191919191819191918
Feels °C (?)212323222121202125242423231916151416161517171715
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at 38th St Beach (calm at BUOY-JCRN4 18 km from 38th St Beach). A 0.8m swell from the ESE

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18 km away, 1 h 54 min ago

4 km/h
W
0.0
21.6
Air / Water (°C)
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