QuikCAST
Surf Forecast - US Northeast Coast - New Jersey to New York
5 Day Surf Forecast
Forecast Updated:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 3:53 PM
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 |
Wednesday
9/28 |
Holding |
ENE 15 early |
Northeast windswell building to 4.5 ft @ 6.0 secs late
The tropical system is to be moving over the Southern Caribbean Islands and into the Caribbean Sea. Otherwise low pressure is to be off the coast and high pressure north of it generating a gradient and northeast winds at 20 kts late targeting New Jersey. |
2.5 ft |
60 degrees |
Thursday
9/29 |
Up some |
ENE 25 early |
East windswell building to 7.0 ft @ 8 secs later
The gradient is to hold if not build with east winds 20-25 kts extending a few hundred nmiles offshore of New Jersey. The tropical system is to be moving well into the Eastern Caribbean Sea. High pressure is to be locked over the Outer Banks with no swell resulting. |
5.0 ft |
90 degrees |
Friday
9/30 |
Up more |
ENE 25+ early |
East windswell fading from 8.0 ft @ 8-9 secs early
The gradient is to hold early, then start collapsing. The tropical system to be building well south of Haiti tracking west. Otherwise light winds are to be over the US East Coast. |
6.0 ft |
85 degrees |
Saturday
10/1 |
Down some |
ENE 20 early |
East windswell fading from 4.5 ft @ 8 secs early
The tropical system is to start moving north still well south of Western Haiti. A weak pressure and wind pattern is forecast over the East Coast. |
3.0 ft |
90 degrees |
Sunday
10/2 |
Down some |
E 10+ early |
Southeast swell 1.6 ft @ 10 secs
The tropical system to continue north positioned between Haiti and Cuba late. No other fetch is forecast. |
1.5 ft |
135 degrees |
Extended
Outlook |
Up some maybe |
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The GFS model has the tropical system continuing north at a modest pace and building, centered 450 nmiles east of W Palm Beach Tues PM generating a solid fetch aimed well at the entire US East Coast. Something well worth monitoring. |
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Surf Height Animation: New Jersey - New England
Wind Animations: US East Coast - New Jersey/New York
Local Model: Surf - Wind
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