Bay Head · Ocean County · New Jersey
Bay Head Surf Report & Forecast, New Jersey
Bay Head, New Jersey: 2 ft, waist high, at 3 pm EST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Fair. The main swell is 1.5 ft at 12 seconds from the east-southeast, with a 19 mph offshore wind from the west-northwest, gusting 31 mph. Water is about 59°F, so a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion; the next high tide is 3.2 ft at 7:12 pm.
2 ft
waist high · occasional 3 ft
- Swell
- 1.5 ft · 12 s · ESEplus 0.6 ft · 6 s · S
- Wind
- 19 mph (WNW), gusts 31offshore
- Tide
- 0.3 ft risinghigh 3.2 ft at 7:12 pm
- Water
- 59°F4/3–5/4 hooded
- Air
- 58°Ffeels like 42°F
- Sun
- rise 6:34 amset 4:45 pm
Bay Head surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Bay Head: 6 am, Good, on a rising high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Bay Head: 10 am, Good, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 ft | Good | 12 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 21 | 4.2 ft |
| 7 am | 2 ft | Good | 14 mph offshore (W), gusts 25 | 4.4 ft |
| 8 am | 2 ft | Good | 16 mph offshore (W), gusts 28 | 4.0 ft |
| 9 am | 2–3 ft | Fair | 18 mph offshore (W), gusts 32 | 3.2 ft |
| 10 am | 2–3 ft | Good | 18 mph offshore (W), gusts 30 | 2.0 ft |
| 11 am | 2–3 ft | Fair | 19 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 32 | 0.9 ft |
| 12 pm | 2–3 ft | Fair | 20 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 33 | -0.1 ft |
| 1 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 19 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 31 | -0.6 ft |
| 2 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 19 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 31 | -0.4 ft |
| 3 pmnow | 2 ft | Fair | 19 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 31 | 0.3 ft |
| 4 pm | 2 ft | Good | 17 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 29 | 1.2 ft |
| 5 pm | 2 ft | Good | 15 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 25 | 2.1 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 ft | Fair | 9 mph offshore (W), gusts 17 | 3.6 ft |
| 7 am | 2 ft | Fair | 9 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 17 | 4.1 ft |
| 8 am | 2 ft | Fair | 10 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 18 | 4.1 ft |
| 9 am | 2 ft | Fair | 11 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 19 | 3.6 ft |
| 10 am | 2 ft | Good | 12 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 21 | 2.7 ft |
| 11 am | 2 ft | Fair | 14 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 24 | 1.7 ft |
| 12 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor to Fair | 16 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 26 | 0.7 ft |
| 1 pm | 2 ft | Poor to Fair | 15 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 25 | -0.0 ft |
| 2 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 15 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 25 | -0.3 ft |
| 3 pm | 2 ft | Poor to Fair | 14 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 24 | 0.0 ft |
| 4 pm | 2 ft | Fair | 13 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 21 | 0.8 ft |
| 5 pm | 2 ft | Poor to Fair | 11 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 18 | 1.7 ft |
Bay Head waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 3 pm, sets at Bay Head arrive about every 2 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly barreling and hollow.
- Set waves
- about 2.5 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 2 minutes or so, each lasting about 14 s
- Lulls
- about 109 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Barrelingwhich means the lip pitches out and can throw a barrel
- Shape
- Hollowwhich means throwing, barreling waves
- Breaking
- 23% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- strong, about 1.2 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Bay Head surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Bay Head: the biggest day is Friday, Nov 13 at 1–3 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 9 (Good). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 0–1 ft and Poor; Sunday, Nov 15, 0–1 ft and Poor.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Bay Head are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 2–3 ft | Good | 1.6 ft · 11 s · ESE | 16 mph offshore (W), gusts 28 | 19 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 31 | 6 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 1–2 ft | Good | 1.3 ft · 11 s · ESE | 10 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 18 | 15 mph offshore (WSW), gusts 25 | 10 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 1 ft | Poor | 0.9 ft · 10 s · ESE | 7 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 12 | 5 mph cross-shore (SW) | 11 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 1–2 ft | Poor | 1.9 ft · 4 s · SE | 15 mph onshore (E), gusts 22 | 27 mph onshore (ENE), gusts 43 | 2 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 1–3 ft | Poor to Fair | 1.8 ft · 6 s · NE | 21 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 30 | 16 mph cross-shore (N), gusts 25 | 4 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 0.9 ft · 3 s · NNE | 17 mph offshore (NW), gusts 25 | 15 mph offshore (NW), gusts 23 | 10 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 0.6 ft · 5 s · NNE | 15 mph offshore (NW), gusts 26 | 16 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 28 | 1 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | flat (under 1 ft) | Poor | 0.3 ft · 2 s · NNE | 12 mph offshore (NW), gusts 20 | 12 mph offshore (NW), gusts 21 | 10 am |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 1 ft | Poor | — | 12 mph cross-shore (N) | 11 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 4 pm |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 1 ft | Poor | — | 6 mph offshore (NW) | 4 mph offshore (WNW) | 7 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Bay Head are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Bay Head tide chart and tide times
Tides at Bay Head today, Monday, Nov 9: low -0.3 ft at 12:27 am, high 4.4 ft at 6:49 am, low -0.6 ft at 1:14 pm and high 3.2 ft at 7:12 pm. At 3 pm the tide is 0.3 ft and rising.
Bay Head tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low -0.3 ft at 12:27 amHigh 4.4 ft at 6:49 amLow -0.6 ft at 1:14 pmHigh 3.2 ft at 7:12 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low -0.4 ft at 1:06 amHigh 4.2 ft at 7:33 amLow -0.3 ft at 1:56 pmHigh 3.2 ft at 7:52 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low -0.1 ft at 1:47 amHigh 4.2 ft at 8:09 amLow 0.0 ft at 2:30 pmHigh 3.6 ft at 8:35 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | Low 0.7 ft at 2:20 amHigh 5.0 ft at 8:48 amLow 0.9 ft at 3:14 pmHigh 4.0 ft at 9:06 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | Low 1.0 ft at 3:10 amHigh 4.6 ft at 9:22 amLow 0.5 ft at 4:05 pmHigh 3.2 ft at 9:58 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | Low 0.8 ft at 3:50 amHigh 4.1 ft at 10:04 amLow 0.3 ft at 4:55 pmHigh 2.7 ft at 10:44 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | Low 0.4 ft at 4:43 amHigh 3.3 ft at 10:55 amLow -0.1 ft at 5:43 pmHigh 2.3 ft at 11:40 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | Low 0.2 ft at 5:37 amHigh 3.0 ft at 11:49 amLow -0.1 ft at 6:32 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 2.3 ft at 12:38 amLow 0.3 ft at 6:36 amHigh 2.9 ft at 12:45 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Bay Head water temperature
The water temperature at Bay Head is about 59°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 42°F and a 19 mph wind, a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 58 and 59°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Bay Head
- Jenkinson's1.7 mi NNE · 2 ft · Fair
- Mantoloking2.1 mi S · 2–3 ft · Poor to Fair
- Manasquan Inlet2.1 mi NNE · 2–3 ft · Poor to Fair
- Spring Lake5.2 mi N · 2 ft · Fair
- Belmar7.3 mi NNE · 2 ft · Fair
- Lavallette7.3 mi S · 2–3 ft · Fair
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About Bay Head
Bay Head is a jetty in Bay Head, Ocean County, New Jersey, facing east-southeast.
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