New Jersey Extended Forecast
Wave heights across the New Jersey coast run 0.9ft to 3.9ft over the coming week. The best day is Sunday in Ocean — the only day that rates as fair. Each town below has its own forecast, hour by hour.
Scores are conditions right now, out of 100. Each spot's page also scores every day's best three-hour window.
Monmouth County
The northern stretch, from the Sandy Hook peninsula down to Manasquan Inlet. Groins and jetties shape most of these beaches, so sandbars hold their form and neighbouring towns can break very differently on the same swell.
- Sandy Hooklong sand-bottom right pointBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 12
- Sea Brightbeachbreak with rock groinsBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 9
- Monmouth Beachbeachbreak with array of jettiesBest: S, SSE, SE SwellPoor · 13
- Long Branchseries of beachbreaks with jettiesBest: S, SSE, SE SwellPoor · 16
- Dealbeachbreak with prominent jettiesBest: S, SSE, SE SwellPoor · 10
- AllenhurstbeachbreakBest: SE, ESE SwellPoor · 17
- Loch ArbourL-shaped jetty beachbreakBest: NE, ENE, E SwellPoor · 17
- Asbury Parkbeachbreak with groinsBest: S, SSE, SE SwellPoor · 11
- Ocean Grovebeachbreak with five jettiesBest: S, SSE, SE SwellPoor · 18
- Bradley Beachbeachbreak with jettiesBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 17
- Avon-by-the-SeaL-shaped jetty beachbreakBest: S, SSE, SE SwellPoor · 11
- Belmarbeachbreak with jetties and a pierBest: SE, ESE, NE, ENE SwellPoor · 17
- Spring Lakeexposed sandbar break with jettiesBest: S, SSE, NE, ENE SwellPoor · 10
- Sea Girtbeachbreak with a range of jettiesBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 17
- Manasquanjetty/inlet breakBest: S, SSE, SE SwellPoor · 10
Ocean County
Point Pleasant Beach down the barrier island through Seaside and the length of Long Beach Island. Long, exposed sand beaches that pick up more open swell than anywhere else in the state, with inlet jetties at either end.
- Janksboardwalk jetty beachbreakBest: SE, ESE, E SwellPoor · 12
- Bay Headshort-jetty beachbreak with shifting sandbarsBest: E, ENE, NE SwellPoor · 13
- Mantolokingresidential jetty beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 7
- Normandy Beachbarrier island beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 10
- Lavallettejetty beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 10
- Ortley Beachopen beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 9
- Seaside Heightsboardwalk beachbreak with pier structureBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 6
- Seaside Parkopen barrier island beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 9
- Island Beachremote sandbar beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 10
- Barnegat Lightinlet jetty and lighthouse beachbreakBest: E, ENE, NE SwellPoor · 6
- Loveladiesresidential LBI beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 9
- Harvey Cedarsjetty-shaped LBI beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 5
- Surf Cityjetty beachbreak with named sub-breaksBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 9
- Ship Bottomcentral LBI beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 13
- Brant Beachsouthern LBI jetty beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 8
- Beach Havensouthern LBI beachbreak with groinsBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 13
- Holgatesouth-end wilderness sandbar beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 15
Atlantic County
Brigantine through Absecon Island. The coast starts angling west here, which shades these beaches from due-north wind swell and makes them lean more on groundswell from the east and southeast.
- Brigantinenorth-end jetty and sandbar beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 14
- Atlantic Cityurban jetty beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 11
- Ventnor CityAbsecon Island beachbreak with groinsBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 8
- Margate Citysouth Absecon groin beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 6
- Longportsouth-end inlet and groin beachbreakBest: E, ENE, NE SwellPoor · 6
Cape May County
Ocean City down to Cape May Point, the southernmost and most sheltered stretch of the shore. The southwest-facing angle cuts down swell size but also cleans things up when a north wind is blowing out the rest of the state.
- Ocean Cityboardwalk and jetty beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 3
- Strathmereisland point and beachbreak mixBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 7
- Sea Isle Cityjetty beachbreak with town peaksBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 9
- Avalonstructured Seven Mile Island beachbreakBest: E, ESE, SE SwellPoor · 8
- Stone Harborsouth Seven Mile Island beachbreakBest: E, ENE, ESE SwellPoor · 8
- North Wildwoodjetty and inlet-influenced beachbreakBest: E, ENE, NE SwellPoor · 9
- Wildwoodwide dissipative beachbreakBest: E, ESE SwellPoor · 8
- Wildwood Crestsouthern Wildwoods beachbreakBest: E, ESE SwellPoor · 8
- Diamond Beachsouthern barrier beachbreakBest: E, ENE, ESE SwellPoor · 6
- Cape Mayshoal-affected south-end beachbreakBest: E, ENE, NE SwellPoor · 1
- Cape May Pointpoint and shoal-influenced wraparound breakBest: NE, ENE, E SwellPoor · 1
Where the numbers come from
Wave height, swell period, swell direction and sea surface temperature come from the Open-Meteo Marine forecast. Wind, air temperature and UV come from the Open-Meteo weather model. Tide times are NOAA CO-OPS predictions from the closest ocean-facing station to each town, and live measured conditions come from the nearest NDBC offshore buoy. Every source is free and public, which is how New Jersey Bodyboarding Club keeps these pages open to everyone.