Monmouth County Surf Forecast

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Last Update: 2/08/2026 10:30

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This week is looking slow, read my forecast note here

Wednesday 1/28 - Saturday 1/31

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Week of 2/08 - 2/15

This won’t be a particularly busy week for surf, but we should start to see evidence of more frequent swell events as we approach the weekend. We will have waves on Monday 2/9 and possibly leftovers on Tuesday 2/10 (low probability). The real story is going to be what happens over the weekend into the following week. Currently, it looks like we should see a solid swell come through on 2/15 with cleaner conditions for 2/16. More on that below.

Too early to say, but the following week (2/16-2/22) has one of the best charts I’ve seen in a while. Back-back-back swells are possible. Fingers crossed.

Sunday 2/08

Time	Swell Height	Period	Wave Direction	Energy Percentile	Wind Speed	Wind Direction
07:00	5.4	5.1	344.7	4.5	28.3	NW
10:00	5	5	341	2.5	25.5	NW
13:00	4.5	4.6	338.2	1	23.8	NW
16:00	4.4	4.5	340.1	1	24.6	NW
19:00	4.6	4.7	340.3	1.3	24.5	NW

Time	Tide	Height (ft)
05:30	L	0.47
11:48	H	3.44
17:36	L	0.41

Not worth it. There is east swell mixing in at around 2ft@10s. While there are going to waves, it’s insanely cold and the wind is very strong. Not worth it.

Notes: Not worth it

Best board: Why are you still reading this? Go to Monday’s forecast.

Monday 2/9

Time	Swell Height	Period	Wave Direction	Energy Percentile	Wind Speed	Wind Direction
07:00	3.3	11.3	95.7	83.8	15.4	NW
10:00	3	11.1	95.3	78.9	12.4	NW
13:00	2.7	11	95	74.4	11.1	NW
16:00	2.6	10.9	94.8	72.3	12.6	NW
19:00	2.5	11	94.9	71.6	12.1	WNW

Time	Tide	Height (ft)
00:36	H	3.19
06:29	L	0.69
12:20	H	3.91
18:30	L	0.65

Swell models have remained pretty consistent in terms of height/period for tomorrow. I’d expect buoys to be in the 2.6@11s range for actual swell. I would go in expecting some lulls between sets. On a positive note, currents shouldn’t be too bad.

As for breaking wave heights, I’m going to call waist-stomach high for Monmouth County with larger wave heights further south. Ocean County will likely be pushing stomach-chest high but I’d be surprised if we see much more than that.

Wind is side-offshore for clean conditions. Actual winds on the beach should be closer to 10kts and it should remain manageable all day.

Notes: This could be a sneakily fun swell given the light winds and mid-period surf. Closeouts are going to be an issue, but at the right bar it could end up being really fun if the lulls aren’t too bad.

Best board: daily driver or performance groveler

Tuesday 2/10

Time	Swell Height	Period	Wave Direction	Energy Percentile	Wind Speed	Wind Direction
07:00	1.7	11.6	100	61	7.5	W
10:00	1.6	11.5	100.1	56.6	8	SSW
13:00	2	11.4	97.7	65.6	14.4	SSW
16:00	3	3.9	192.8	0.9	18.9	SSW
19:00	3.4	4.6	189.1	3.7	15.4	SW

Time	Tide	Height (ft)
01:07	H	3.79
07:35	L	0.76
13:28	H	3.03
19:33	L	0.76

Possibly a continuation of Monday’s swell. Not much size, but there could be enough for a longboard.

Notes: Likely to be small or flat. Check the cam in the morning if looking to surf.

Best board: longboard

Wednesday 2/11

Some south windswell is expected with small east mid-period swell mixing in, but we’re talking 2.5ft@6.5s. Very minimal and week. If something changes, I’ll update this.

Notes: Not looking like it’ll be worth it given the winter temps.

Thursday 2/12 - Saturday 2/14

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Sunday 2/15

Time	Swell Height	Period	Wave Direction	Energy Percentile	Wind Speed	Wind Direction
07:00	3.1	4	140.5	4.8	21.2	SE
10:00	4.9	5.2	140.6	30.8	24.5	SE
13:00	7.3	6.4	133.5	69.2	28.8	ESE
16:00	11.8	7.9	140	93.8	40.2	SE
19:00	11.3	9.1	142	96.3	15.9	S

Time	Tide	Height (ft)
05:36	H	4.4
11:52	L	-0.17
18:01	H	3.75
23:55	L	-0.01

Possible low pressure system with a favorable track. Swell angle looks good. This could be a fun one depending on when conditions come together.

Monday 2/16

Time	Swell Height	Period	Wave Direction	Energy Percentile	Wind Speed	Wind Direction
07:00	8.1	10.3	138.1	95.7	32.7	NW
10:00	8.1	10.2	134.9	95.8	34.4	NW
13:00	8	10	131.6	95.3	36.5	NW
16:00	8.1	5.6	339.2	13.2	37.6	NW
19:00	7.7	5.6	340.2	12.1	36.6	NW

Time	Tide	Height (ft)
00:33	L	-0.39
06:15	H	4.61
18:39	H	4

Watch this time period closely. More details later.

Tuesday 2/17

Time	Swell Height	Period	Wave Direction	Energy Percentile	Wind Speed	Wind Direction
07:00	4.3	9.9	108.8	83.7	21.1	NW
10:00	3.5	9.9	106.6	77.4	16	NNW
13:00	2.7	10	105.3	67.6	10.5	NNW
16:00	2.5	10	100.5	63.2	7	NNW
19:00	2.4	10.2	98	62.9	3.5	W

Time	Tide	Height (ft)
06:53	H	4.74
12:39	L	-0.21
13:13	L	-0.56
19:16	H	4.23

Waves? Perhaps.

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