The Cove Cape May surf break

The Cove Cape May surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 EDT
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The Cove Cape May surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Cove Cape May sea temperature is
7.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Cove Cape May today?

The current surf forecast for The Cove Cape May at 1PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

Table - waves today at The Cove Cape May. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)666666566667788888877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91664944334554121139165175173146107113785452332120121212
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
5
WSW
15
SE
25
E
20
E
20
SE
25
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
1.31
10:31PM
1.54
10:50AM
1.23
11:08PM
1.49
11:28AM
1.14
11:47PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
-0.02
4:03PM
0.06
4:44AM
0.04
4:36PM
0.13
5:25AM
0.12
5:10PM
0.20
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise-6:39-------6:37-------6:37------
Sunset----7:24-------7:25-------7:27---
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1--12----113231----------
Temp. °C18182021151415201918181512121176561112131210
Feels °C (?)1517212012111217141312121083-2-3-3-1671076
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