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WAVEWATCH III — spectral swell
HRRR — 3 km wind
NDBC — realtime buoys
CO-OPS — tide predictions

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New Jersey

Bay Head

beachtide: mid

1.0Updated 0 min ago

Face

2.0ft

5s period

Swell

SSE

154°

Windoffshore

2 mph

W

Tide

0.1 ft

slack

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

66% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

P1 (primary)

SSE

2.9ft

5s

91%

P2 (secondary)

E

0.6ft

7s

4%

P3 (tertiary)

ESE

0.6ft

10s

4%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellESE 102°

WindWNW offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44091

Hs3.6 ft

Tp5s

DirS

Water53°F

Reading5/14/2026, 5:00:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

2.5

6s

SE129°

3mphcross-off

0.1ft↑

5am

2.2

6s

SE144°

3mphcross-off

0.3ft

8am

2.1

6s

SE143°

1mphoffshore

0.3ft↓

11am

2.1

6s

SE140°

10mphoffshore

0.1ft↓

2pm

2.2

6s

SE138°

14mphoffshore

0.0ft↑

5pm

2.2

7s

SE137°

9mphoffshore

0.3ft↑

8pm

2.3

7s

SE134°

8mphoffshore

0.4ft↓

11pm

2.4

7s

SE132°

7mphoffshore

0.1ft

Fri, May 15

2am

2.6

7s

SE129°

8mphoffshore

-0.0ft↑

5am

3.2

10s

SE125°

8mphoffshore

0.2ft↑

8am

3.7

9s

ESE122°

12mphoffshore

0.3ft↓

11am

4.0

9s

ESE112°

11mphoffshore

0.1ft↓

2pm

3.8

10s

ESE102°

10mphoffshore

-0.1ft↑

5pm

3.8

9s

ESE108°

5mphcross-off

0.2ft↑

8pm

3.6

9s

ESE107°

3mphoffshore

0.4ft↓

11pm

3.4

9s

ESE107°

2mphoffshore

0.2ft

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