Monmouth County Surf Forecast
Last Update: 3/28/2026 10:00 (Next Update will be Sunday evening)
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Week 3/27 - 4/5
High pressure moves in to our region on Saturday. We start to see some south wind as high pressure starts to move off the coast late Sunday into Monday. South wind continues through mid-week as a fairly strong area of low pressure moves out of the Great Plains and takes an inland track up over the Great Lakes. Unfortunately, that track limits the potential swell, but we should still see a fairly strong (albeit short) fetch of south wind that, while somewhat poorly directed, should kick up some short period swell for late Wednesday or Thursday.
Immediately following that, another area of high pressure moves in causing onshore wind. As that region of high pressure moves overt the Maritimes, I’m watching for a potentially solid, mid-period, east swell for late week or into the weekend.
Overall, there should be plenty of swell this week, but wind is likely to be an issue. These setups don’t create the guaranteed wind switches we’ve been seeing almost all year. Normally, that east swell that’s on the charts would be a low probability event, but it’s been incredibly consistent for the past week or so.
There’s still a ton of uncertainty right now, so I’m holding off on putting out tabular forecasts.
Weekend of 3/28 and 3/29
Not great
Monday 3/30
Swell is likely but it’ll be short period (~4.5ft@6.5s). Wind could be an issue. Worth keeping an eye on.
Tuesday 3/31
The AM session could work out, but wind is cross-shore and building through the day.
Wednesday 4/1
Strong south wind expected. Building swell likely.
Thursday 4/2
Watching for a strong east swell around this time.
Late Week and the Weekend
Hopefully we see a wind switch with that east swell. Tentative wave heights are in the 5ft@8s range. Certainly not maxing out, but potentially really fun.
All data sourced from NOAA NWPS and GFS Wave
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