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Poverty Beach surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 EST
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Poverty Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Poverty Beach sea temperature is
4.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 5km away, Cape May Cove Sunset Cam - Cape May, NJ

How big are the waves at Poverty Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Poverty Beach at 2AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

Table - waves today at Poverty Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
1
S
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
ENE
1
ESE
1
S
1
S
1.7
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)555554456788888877778887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)295220151015375164263117106785240372112553331
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
NE
20
ENE
20
E
25
SE
25
SW
5
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
1.29
1:14PM
1.15
1:54AM
1.27
2:04PM
1.06
2:43AM
1.26
2:58PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
0.19
7:13PM
0.11
7:56AM
0.23
8:06PM
0.15
8:56AM
0.22
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----7:18-------7:16-------7:16---
Sunset------4:55-------4:57-------4:58-
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1376321112-----------
Temp. °C15141295610129977756421000244
Feels °C (?)1212106-115876331-2-2-7-9-11-10-9-8-6-2-2
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