38th St Beach surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 27 Mar 2026 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
6.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for 38th St Beach at 2AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
Period(s) (?)777766666778888845555555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5238372314121829302323191918661854596655574556
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
N
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
NE
10
E
10
SE
20
S
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
0.95
5:13AM
1.23
5:49PM
1.04
6:09AM
1.25
6:40PM
1.13
6:58AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27PM
0.10
11:29AM
0.03
11:32PM
0.05
12:20PM
-0.03
12:29AM
-0.01
1:06PM
-0.08
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-----6:48-------6:47-------6:45--
Sunset7:15-------7:16-------7:17-------
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C77742-125776433567678991215
Feels °C (?)123-3-6-10-7-4-110-1-2-2-1-2-2-3-113469
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