12th Street Jetty surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 Feb 2026 EST
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12th Street Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 12th Street Jetty sea temperature is
0.4° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at 12th Street Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for 12th Street Jetty at 5AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (20 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

Table - waves today at 12th Street Jetty. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
E
1.4
E
2
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)556666777777766666663678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515862719824213812064623218984333334123393902
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ESE
15
E
5
SE
10
W
10
W
20
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
25
E
45
E
45
NE
60
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14PM
1.27
9:34AM
1.26
9:57PM
1.29
10:20AM
1.19
10:44PM
1.29
11:13AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
-0.09
3:46PM
-0.15
4:16AM
-0.06
4:24PM
-0.11
5:03AM
-0.01
5:07PM
-0.05
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:43-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset------5:39-------5:40-------5:42-
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light snow
mod snow
Rain (mm)
1--4104--------------19--
Temp. °C556778998754688754345321
Feels °C (?)0012467740-1-1133310-1-1-1-7-8-13
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