Poverty Beach Surf Forecast

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Poverty Beach surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 EDT

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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 24.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Poverty Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Poverty Beach at 7AM is: 1.7m 16s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	17s
Evening (21 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s

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

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		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	926	1053	1329	1683	3443	4188	3253	2378	2596	1378	1186	851	814	747	674	607	516	449	464	414	410	353	318	305
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	E	ESE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				7:12AM 1.39				7:29PM 1.67					8:01AM 1.46				8:15PM 1.68				8:46AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 0.01				12:51PM 0.07				1:42AM -0.04				1:43PM 0.04					2:27AM -0.06				2:31PM 0.03

		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	22	22	21	20	22	23	21	20	18	17	21	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23
Feels °C (?)	25	20	19	18	15	13	16	19	19	17	14	13	17	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	20	20	20	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Poverty Beach (light winds from the NNE at BUOY-CMAN4 7 km from Poverty Beach). 1.5m 15s groundswell from the SE with a 1.3m 5s windswell from the ENE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 19 minutes ago Poverty Beach

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1 h 19 min ago

11 km/h

NNE

Cross-Off

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