Poverty Beach surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
1.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Poverty Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Poverty Beach at 10PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.9
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)1211111145666666766666679777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)663938202859607478632527454331221211619451699
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
15
W
20
S
35
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
15
ENE
20
NE
30
NNE
20
N
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
1.16
1:41AM
1.41
2:25PM
1.12
2:51AM
1.40
3:37PM
1.15
4:03AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:59PM
0.11
8:21AM
0.12
8:19PM
0.12
9:31AM
0.07
9:30PM
0.09
10:31AM
-0.00
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset5:45-------5:46-------5:47-------
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1-------1--------
Temp. °C0002223477666433000-1-1-2-10
Feels °C (?)-8-6-7-7-7-8-5-4001022-2-3-7-6-6-7-6-7-6-4
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