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Barnegat Light Bay Beach from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 5:01 AM, night, waves about 2.4 ft every 5 s.W280290300Facing WNW 284°
Looking WNW from the sand at 5:01 AM, night, waves about 2.4 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing WNW 284°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44091, 18.6 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44091, Barnegat

Wave height
3.0 ft
Period
5 s
From
E (81°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 10 s from ESE
Wind waves
2.6 ft at 4 s from E
Water
65 °F
Read
Fri 3:30 AM
Distance
18.6 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 44091, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 5.2 ft; 3.0 ft at Fri 3:30 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri3.0 ftWave height at buoy 44091, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 5.2 ft; 3.0 ft at Fri 3:30 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoonFri3.0 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 5.2 ft; 3.0 ft at Fri 3:30 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 3:30 AM3.0 ft5 sE (81°)
Fri 2:30 AM3.0 ft4 sE (96°)
Fri 1:30 AM3.0 ft4 sENE (73°)
Fri 12:30 AM3.0 ft4 sE (80°)
Thu 11:30 PM3.0 ft5 sENE (67°)
Thu 10:30 PM2.6 ft5 sENE (71°)
Thu 9:30 PM2.6 ft5 sENE (76°)
Thu 8:30 PM2.6 ft5 sENE (58°)
Thu 7:00 PM2.6 ft5 sENE (61°)
Thu 6:30 PM3.0 ft5 sNE (54°)
Thu 5:30 PM3.0 ft5 sNE (56°)
Thu 4:30 PM3.3 ft5 sNE (54°)
Thu 3:30 PM3.6 ft5 sNE (50°)
Thu 2:30 PM3.6 ft5 sNE (46°)
Thu 1:30 PM4.3 ft5 sNE (47°)
Thu 12:30 PM4.6 ft6 sNE (38°)
Thu 11:30 AM5.2 ft5 sNE (37°)
Thu 10:30 AM4.9 ft5 sNNE (33°)
Thu 9:30 AM4.9 ft5 sNNE (30°)
Thu 8:30 AM4.6 ft5 sNNE (26°)
Thu 7:30 AM4.6 ft5 sNNE (32°)
Thu 6:30 AM4.3 ft4 sNNE (23°)
Thu 5:30 AM3.6 ft5 sN (353°)
Thu 4:30 AM3.6 ft4 sNNW (348°)

Beach

County
Ocean County
State
New Jersey
Latitude
39.7449° N
Longitude
74.1175° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Barnegat Light Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station FW4111FW4111

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Toms RiverMJX

At an airfield/15.7 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Barnegat Light 0.9 SSWNJ-OC-97

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

TuckertonJCRN4

At a cooperative observer's station/23.5 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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