Harvey Cedars surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 EDT
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Harvey Cedars surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Harvey Cedars sea temperature is
24.4° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Harvey Cedars today?

The current surf forecast for Harvey Cedars at 10AM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 2.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (21 Aug)10ft (3.0m)15s

Table - waves today at Harvey Cedars. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
3.5
SE
3.5
SE
3.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
SE
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
1.9
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
1
E
Period(s) (?)161616181716151312121211111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2545336147148288754961674035248436021920171712141049882819710557414353298298280204248
Wind
(km/h)
40
NE
45
NE
45
NE
45
NNE
35
NNE
30
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
ENE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
1.35
6:51PM
1.59
7:21AM
1.42
7:36PM
1.60
8:05AM
1.46
8:18PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
0.11
1:21AM
0.02
1:23PM
0.09
2:06AM
-0.00
2:11PM
0.08
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset----7:45-------7:43-------7:42---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019192222211918182122222222212121232323222222
Feels °C (?)171412121618151413131619191920192020212021202021
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Harvey Cedars (near gales from the NNE at Seaside Park- NJ 24 km from Harvey Cedars). 2.6m 7s swell from the ENE with a 1.9m 15s groundswell from the SSE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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24 km away, 1 h 8 min ago

56 km/h
NNE
0.0
24.4
Air / Water (°C)
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