Sandy Hook/The Cove Surf Forecast

/ New Jersey (82 breaks) / New Jersey (82 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (40.42° N 73.98° W)

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Sandy Hook/The Cove surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 EDT

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Sandy Hook/The Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sandy Hook/The Cove sea temperature is 19.6° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sandy Hook/The Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Sandy Hook/The Cove at 12PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (14 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (14 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

Table - waves today at Sandy Hook/The Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
	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	11 PM	2 AM
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 (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	316	225	177	157	163	128	118	96	96	96	75	80	78	78	60	63	71	49	35	35	33	22	22	17
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	N	N
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	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:04AM 1.28				2:25PM 1.46				3:06AM 1.29				3:27PM 1.42				4:08AM 1.33				4:28PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			8:01AM 0.34				9:08PM 0.23				9:14AM 0.33				10:05PM 0.19				10:15AM 0.28				10:54PM 0.14

	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	18	17	15	12	10	9	9	10	14	15	14	12	11
Feels °C (?)	5	5	7	10	12	11	12	13	14	12	11	11	8	7	4	3	2	2	2	5	6	5	4	3

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Sandy Hook/The Cove (moderate winds from the NNE at BUOY-SDHN4 6 km from Sandy Hook/The Cove). 1.8m 10s swell from the ESE with a 0.8m 4s local chop from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 29 minutes ago Sandy Hook/The Cove

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1 h 29 min ago

22 km/h

NNE

Cross-On

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