Surf City, New Jersey Weather
Surf City, New Jersey — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Surf City, Ocean County.
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About Surf City, New Jersey
Surf City breathes the salt air, a slender island community caught between the broad, restless Atlantic and the tranquil expanse of Barnegat Bay. It lies 5.7 miles south-east of Stafford, NJ (from Stafford, NJ: bearing 129°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south-south-east of Barnegat. Here, the land itself is a delicate negotiation between water and sky. Low-lying dunes, crowned with sea oats that whisper secrets to the wind, mark the eastern edge, their sandy slopes perpetually reshaped by the ceaseless ebb and flow of the tide. To the west, the bay waters lie calmer, a shifting palette of blues and greens, reflecting the ever-changing moods of the heavens. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a soft, diffused light, a pearlescent glow that seems to soften the edges of everything it touches, from the weathered shingles of beach houses to the weathered pilings that support the piers. The history of Surf City is intrinsically tied to the sea. Once a place of hardy fishermen and summer sojourners drawn by the promise of abundant catches and bracing ocean breezes, its economy has long been shaped by the rhythm of the tides. While the commercial fishing fleets have dwindled, the spirit of leisure and recreation remains its lifeblood, with marinas and charter boats still dotting the bayfront, catering to those who seek the thrill of the catch or the serenity of a bay cruise. The island's development, like many along this coast, has been a story of adaptation, of building and rebuilding in the face of powerful storms, a testament to the enduring allure of this narrow strip of land. Surf City, with its brightly painted beach boxes and the distant cry of gulls, carries the quiet persistence of a place that has learned to live in harmony with the powerful forces that surround it.
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| Location | Surf City, Ocean County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.662064°N, 74.165138°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08008 |
| Area Code | 856, 609 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Surf City, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Surf City, New Jersey, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Surf City includes coordinates 39.662064°N, 74.165138°W, situated in Ocean County. ZIP code 08008. Telephone area code: 856, 609. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
