NJ beach weather and waves: Jersey Shore Report for Wed 6/5

Advisories

--None at this time.

At the Shore

Current conditions and forecast as of Wed morning

Rip Current Risk	Low
Waves	1 - 2 feet
Winds	From the South 6 - 10 mph (Gust 14 mph) 5 - 9 knots (Gust 12 knots)
Ocean Temperature	60° - 73° (Normal 62° - 74°)
Air Temperature	71° - 79°
Sunrise/Sunset	5:26am - 8:23pm
UV Index	6 (High)

MORE WEATHER: Dan Zarrow's 5 Day Forecast

Tide Times

SANDY HOOK Sandy Hook Bay		High Wed 7:29a	Low Wed 1:32p	High Wed 7:49p	Low Thu 2:29a
LONG BRANCH Atlantic Ocean		High Wed 7:03a	Low Wed 12:56p	High Wed 7:23p	Low Thu 1:53a
MANASQUAN INLET Atlantic Ocean		High Wed 7:17a	Low Wed 1:08p	High Wed 7:37p	Low Thu 2:05a
SEASIDE HEIGHTS Atlantic Ocean		High Wed 6:59a	Low Wed 1:00p	High Wed 7:19p	Low Thu 1:57a
SEASIDE PARK Barnegat Bay	Low Wed 5:41a	High Wed 11:09a	Low Wed 5:37p	High Wed 11:29p
BARNEGAT INLET Barnegat Bay		High Wed 7:20a	Low Wed 1:27p	High Wed 7:42p	Low Thu 2:33a
MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE Manahawkin Bay	Low Wed 5:15a	High Wed 10:16a	Low Wed 5:11p	High Wed 10:36p
LITTLE EGG INLET Great Bay		High Wed 8:10a	Low Wed 1:56p	High Wed 8:39p	Low Thu 3:02a
ATLANTIC CITY Atlantic Ocean		High Wed 7:09a	Low Wed 1:03p	High Wed 7:31p	Low Thu 2:06a
OCEAN DRIVE BRIDGE Townsends Inlet		High Wed 7:35a	Low Wed 1:23p	High Wed 8:00p	Low Thu 2:27a
WILDWOOD CREST Atlantic Ocean		High Wed 7:14a	Low Wed 1:08p	High Wed 7:40p	Low Thu 2:12a
CAPE MAY Delaware Bay		High Wed 8:18a	Low Wed 2:01p	High Wed 8:39p	Low Thu 3:04a

MORE TIDES: Info for 132 points along the NJ coast

Marine Forecast

From the National Weather Service, Mt. Holly

TODAY: S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt late. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds. Patchy fog this morning with vsby 1 NM or less.

TONIGHT: S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 8 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers with a chance of tstms after midnight.

THU: SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 4 ft at 7 seconds. Showers with a chance of tstms.

THU NIGHT: SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds. Showers with a chance of tstms in the evening.

FRI: W winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.

FRI NIGHT: W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 8 seconds.

SAT: W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

SAT NIGHT: W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

SUN: SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. A chance of showers in the afternoon.

SUN NIGHT: W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

MORE MARINE INFO: Rip current forecast and more

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Data on this page amalgamated from several sources, including the National Weather Service (weather), National Ocean Service (tides), U.S. Naval Observatory (sun), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (UV index).

Dan Zarrow is Chief Meteorologist for Townsquare Media New Jersey. The Shore Report is generated semi-automatically daily at 5 a.m. from mid-May to late September. Follow Dan's weather blog, Facebook page, and Twitter feed for your latest forecast and realtime weather updates.

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