QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - US Northeast Coast - New Jersey to New York
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast
Updated:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:54 PM
GMT
Surf Scale: 3 ft = waist high, 4 ft = chest high, 5 ft = head high, 10 ft =double overhead
Swell Direction is direction swell is coming from. 90°=East, 180°=South, 270°=West, 360-0 = North
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North-Atlantic Surf Forecast
(Centered on Long Island) |
| Day |
Trend |
Wind
(kts) |
Details
(Swell Number, Swell Size & Period, Arrival Time and Profile) |
Waves
(Set wave max face height) |
Swell Direction |
Friday
3/19 |
Down |
calm early |
East swell fading from 2.3 ft @ 10 secs
Swell from previous days fetch all but gone. Extremely weak low pressure is to try and organize along the Southeast Coast making only 15 kt northeast winds and no real swell for the Northeast Coast. |
2.0 ft |
100 degrees |
Saturday
3/20 |
Down |
W 5+ early |
No swell of interest forecast
That gale is to race east and be gone. Otherwise a light near calm wind flow is to develop over the entire East Coast offering no swell producing fetch. |
1 ft or less |
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Sunday
3/21 |
Down |
S 15 |
No swell of interest forecast
A new winter like gale is to start wrapping up over the interior Southeast resulting in southerly winds at near 20 kts late there and starting to push up the US East Coast but offering no swell potential. |
1 ft or less |
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Monday
3/22 |
Down |
S 20+ |
No swell of interest forecast
The low is to push northeast but remain landlocked offering only offshore winds and no swell potential. |
1 ft or less |
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Tuesday
3/23 |
Up some |
NW 30 early |
South windswell 5 ft @ 7-8 secs
The low pressure system is to track more to the northeast and still landlocked, generating an offshore flow for most of the US East Coast but south winds at 20 kts pushing up into the Northeast, offering a limited window of windswell generation potential. |
3.0 ft |
170 degrees |
Extended
Outlook |
Down |
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The low is to finally push off the coast under Nova Scotia on Wed (3/24) with all fetch aimed to the east and offering no swell potential into Thursday. Reinforcing offshore winds over the Northeast to follow too. |
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Surf Height Animation: New Jersey - New England
Wind Animations: US East Coast - New Jersey/New York
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