Sandy Hook/The Cove Surf Forecast

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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 Sunday 17 Aug 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 25.0° C
(Which is 2.3°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 10AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	4s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s
Evening (17 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	4s

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

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	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed 20
	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 (?)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE
Period(s) (?)	4	4	9	9	9	4	5	4	13	13	6	7	7	7	7	7	12	17	17	16	16	15	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	6	5	9	9	16	17	19	18	18	47	105	138	133	209	217	125	115	120	774	738	794	183	767	188
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	S	S	SSE	W	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:19AM 1.26				2:51PM 1.55				3:25AM 1.23				3:57PM 1.54				4:34AM 1.25					5:04PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23AM 0.20				9:39PM 0.24				9:33AM 0.21				10:41PM 0.19				10:36AM 0.18					11:37PM 0.12

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed 20
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	27	29	29	29	28	26	23	21	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	24	24	28	30	28	31	29	24	19	17	14	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Sandy Hook/The Cove (light winds from the WSW at BUOY-SDHN4 6 km from Sandy Hook/The Cove). 0.3m 3s local chop from the SSE with a 0.2m 4s local chop from the E and a 0.2m 8s swell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 17 minutes ago Sandy Hook/The Cove

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