Long Beach Island surf report
Long Beach Township, New Jersey
Updated 7:03 AM EDT
What decides a surfing score
Scored on wave size, period and wind speed. We do not yet know which way each beach faces, so this does not account for offshore versus onshore wind.
Long Beach Island is also scored for
About Long Beach Island
Long Beach Island sits on the New Jersey coast, where the water runs from about 41°F in January to 75°F in July.
The water averages above 70°F in July, August and September — 3 months of the year — peaking around 75°F in July and dropping to about 41°F in January.
Today it is 77°F. That is 2° above the August average of 75°F here.
Tide predictions come from NOAA station Manahawkin Drawbridge about 0.9 km away on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Frequently asked questions
Is Long Beach Island good for surfing today?
Marginal — we score it 56 out of 100 today. The limiting factor is swell period at 7s.
What makes a good surfing day?
We weight wave size (45%), swell period (30%), wind (15%) and combine them into one score. Conditions we cannot read are left out rather than guessed.