Thompsons Beach
New Jersey · United States
Rating right now
Thompsons Beach is a SW-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the Coastal Waters — it catches SE–W swell, and offshore N–NE winds tidy the banks through april–october.
Today's surf at Thompsons Beach
Updated 00:25 spot time
Thompsons Beach surf report for Thursday 1 Oct: waves 0.5 ft–1.5 ft knee to waist high, 0.5 ft SSE swell at 3 s. Wind up to 12 mph S. Water 68°F. Best surf window around 11:00 PM — fair (2.5/5) with 12 mph S wind.
Tides today: high 12:26 AM (4.8 ft), low 6:18 AM (0.4 ft), high 12:49 PM (6.0 ft), low 7:18 PM (0.6 ft)
Snapshot refreshed hourly — the live hourly forecast below updates in real time.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~18.5°C (65.3°F) on average
Jan
4.8°C
40.6°F · 0.8–7.3°C
Feb
3.3°C
37.9°F · 1.1–6.2°C
Mar
5.5°C
41.9°F · 1–10.3°C
Apr
9.4°C
48.9°F · 5.5–12.9°C
May
14.5°C
58.1°F · 10.9–19.3°C
Jun
20°C
68°F · 14.7–23.8°C
Jul
23.2°C
73.8°F · 20.6–25.8°C
Aug
23.9°C
75°F · 20.1–26.1°C
Sep
23°C
73.4°F · 19.8–25.6°C
Oct
18.5°C
65.3°F · 14–21.3°C
Nov
12.9°C
55.2°F · 8.6–16°C
Dec
8.1°C
46.6°F · 5.4–11.1°C
25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.
Know before you go
Best swell
SE–W
Best wind
N–NE
Break type
Beach break
Best season
April–October
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.
Nearby spots
Moores Beach
New Jersey · United States
Cooks Beach
New Jersey · United States
Kimbles Beach
New Jersey · United States
Fortescue Beach
New Jersey · United States
Sunray Beach
New Jersey · United States
Higbee Beach
New Jersey · United States
More beaches in New Jersey →see all spots in New Jersey, United States
New to reading forecasts?
Two short guides that make the numbers above make sense.