Poverty Beach Surf Forecast

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USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (38.94° N 74.88° W)

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Poverty Beach surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 05 Oct 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 21.1° C
(Which is 2.8°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 1AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Afternoon (06 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Evening (06 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	11s

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

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	Sunday 05			Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	S	S	SSE	S	S	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	4	4	5	5	5	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	93	87	86	31	49	47	46	44	38	21	21	21	19	15	15	14	15	15	21	22	40	33	15	12
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	SSW	S	SW	WSW	SW	S	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:18PM 1.64				7:43AM 1.70					8:04PM 1.67				8:26AM 1.80				8:50PM 1.66				9:10AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)				1:16AM -0.11				1:46PM -0.09					2:01AM -0.16				2:37PM -0.14				2:46AM -0.18

	Sunday 05			Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	6	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	21	19	19	19	16
Feels °C (?)	20	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	17	20	19	18	17	19	18	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Poverty Beach (light winds from the S at BUOY-CMAN4 7 km from Poverty Beach). 0.6m 11s groundswell from the ESE with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the S and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 29 minutes ago Poverty Beach

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1 h 29 min ago

9 km/h

Clean

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