Cape May Avenue surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 EDT
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Cape May Avenue surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape May Avenue sea temperature is
21.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cape May Avenue today?

The current surf forecast for Cape May Avenue at 4AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)5ft (1.6m)7s

Table - waves today at Cape May Avenue. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)888888877777778888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69270164360349144635831024317815512612710795817662634545323129
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
5
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
5
ENE
10
S
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
5
NW
5
SE
15
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
1.26
4:47PM
1.47
5:23AM
1.33
5:44PM
1.49
6:15AM
1.41
6:32PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
0.19
10:32AM
0.23
11:23PM
0.13
11:27AM
0.19
12:10AM
0.09
12:17PM
0.14
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:39-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------7:01-------7:00-------6:59-
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-111311111211---------
Temp. °C191919202020202021212021212222222222212024262525
Feels °C (?)141415171819192023242122212224232221202025262425
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off winds at Cape May Avenue are now cross-shore so expect speed-bumps in the surf (strong winds from the NE at Seaside Park- NJ 24 km from Cape May Avenue). 2.4m 8s swell from the E to make surfable waves.

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24 km away, 1 h 8 min ago

41 km/h
NE
0.0
21.6
Air / Water (°C)
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