Barnegat Light Bay Beach

New Jersey, United States

Sand
Lifeguard

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.6 m) at 5 s, heading toward WNW, with strong cross-offshore wind toward W.

Swell

0.6 m

WNW

5 s

Wind

22 km/h

W

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.2 m

Falling

Weather

20 °C

Partly cloudy

24 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

WNW

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.2 m

Clear · 23 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 6 s

WNW

13 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

SSW

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Partly cloudy · 23 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 6 s

WNW

25 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Clear · 23 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

W

26 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Clear · 23 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

W

30 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

SSW

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 23 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

WSW

29 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

SSW

Cross-shore

1 m

Clear · 23 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

WSW

21 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

SSW

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Mostly clear · 22 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

W

28 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

0.9 m

Mostly clear · 22 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

W

23 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

SW

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Overcast · 22 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

W

22 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 4 s

W

32 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.1 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 4 s

W

33 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 21 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 4 s

W

30 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 20 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 4 s

W

28 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 20 °C

2 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

W

21 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 20 °C

3 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

W

21 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 20 °C

4 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

W

21 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.4 m

Overcast · 20 °C

5 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

22 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 20 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 5 s

W

29 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1.1 m

Overcast · 20 °C

7 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 5 s

W

25 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.9 m

Clear · 20 °C

8 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 5 s

W

23 km/h · 24 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.8 m

Clear · 20 °C

9 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 5 s

W

23 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

0.8 m

Clear · 20 °C

10 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 5 s

W

24 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

0.8 m

Clear · 20 °C

11 PM

Fair

0.7 m · 5 s

W

24 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 20 °C

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