New Jersey

Barnegat Light

rivermouth

1.5Updated 31 min ago

Barnegat Light is a rivermouth break in New Jersey over a sand bottom. It faces southeast, and its optimal swell direction is east. Offshore winds blow from the northwest.

Swell height

2.9ft

Model estimate

6s period

Swell

SSE

158°

Windoffshore

17 mph

Tide

1.8 ft

slack

Conditions

Clean

swell mix · 84% wind sea

Not calibrated against CDIP, so it can read higher than nearshore swell height. How our heights work →

Swell breakdown

NWPS height + WW3

P1 (primary)

SSE

3.1ft

95%

Wind sea

0.9ft

not surfable

P2 (secondary)

ESE

0.7ft

Swell height (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakrivermouth

Tide preference—

Optimal conditions

SwellESE 112°

WindNW offshore

Tide—

Breakrivermouth

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44091

Hs5.2 ft

Tp6s

DirSSE

Water65°F

Reading10/17/2026, 3:30:00 AM

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5-day forecast

Time

Rating

Swell (ft)

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Fri, Oct 16

11pm

2.8

S176°

20mphoffshore

1.9ft

Sat, Oct 17

2am

2.6

S174°

27mphcross-off

1.1ft↓

5am

2.7

S174°

31mphcross-off

0.7ft↑

8am

3.6

S174°

29mphcross-off

1.7ft↑

11am

4.6

ESE122°

28mphcross-off

2.4ft↓

2pm

4.7

ESE123°

28mphcross-off

1.5ft↓

5pm

4.5

SE144°

27mphcross-off

0.7ft↑

8pm

4.6

SSE149°

29mphcross-off

1.1ft↑

11pm

4.7

S171°

27mphcross-off

1.8ft

Sun, Oct 18

2am

4.8

S173°

24mphcross

1.4ft↓

5am

5.1

ESE114°

21mphcross

0.7ft↑

8am

5.6

E86°

19mphcross-off

1.3ft↑

11am

5.9

E80°

12mphcross

2.3ft↓

2pm

5.7

E83°

7mphcross

1.9ft↓

5pm

5.8

11s

ESE105°

7mphcross-off

0.8ft

8pm

6.2

11s

ESE121°

25mphcross

0.8ft

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