Ortley Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Ortley Beach is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with moderate wind from the NW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | moderate wind from the NW |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (moderate-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-05 09:30 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 3.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 7s |
| Swell direction | SSE (162°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 44091 (20 mi away) |
| Wind | 1 kt from the NNW — NDBC SDHN4 (35 mi away) |
Ortley Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Ortley Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Aug 5 | 2 ft | 6s SSE | 10 kt SSE |
| Thu Aug 6 | 2–4 ft | 6s SSE | 19 kt SSW |
| Fri Aug 7 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 18 kt SW |
| Sat Aug 8 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 14 kt SW |
| Sun Aug 9 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 14 kt SW |
| Mon Aug 10 | 2–3 ft | 6s SSE | 17 kt WSW |
| Tue Aug 11 | 1–3 ft | 6s S | 12 kt W |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8531680 (Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock), the nearest tide station (35 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 00:01 — High 4.726 ft
- 2026-06-06 06:33 — Low 0.661 ft
- 2026-06-06 12:53 — High 4.136 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:31 — Low 1.335 ft
- 2026-06-07 00:51 — High 4.644 ft
- 2026-06-07 07:18 — Low 0.697 ft
Frequently asked
Is Ortley Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-05 09:30 UTC), Ortley Beach is fair: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the S matches its ideal S direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is calm from the NW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Ortley Beach come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 44091) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Sandy Hook, Fort Hancock). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Ortley Beach?
Ortley Beach is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with moderate wind from the NW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Ortley Beach is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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