The Cove Cape May Surf Forecast

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The Cove Cape May surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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 22.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for The Cove Cape May at 5PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Evening (17 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	245	172	121	102	102	83	62	60	44	44	44	32	29	30	20	20	19	18	10	10	10	13	13	12
Wind (km/h)	E	SSE	SE	SSE	SW	WSW	WSW	NW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	SW	W	W	W	W	WSW	SSW	S	SSW	NNE	NNE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	on	on	on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				5:41PM 1.64				6:16AM 1.35				6:34PM 1.66				7:04AM 1.43				7:19PM 1.67				7:47AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 0.21					11:57PM 0.14				11:53AM 0.16				12:45AM 0.10				12:46PM 0.12				1:27AM 0.06

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	21	20	19	19	20	22	24	26	24	22	21	21	22	26	26	27	26	23	21	19
Feels °C (?)	20	22	22	22	22	21	20	21	20	22	24	27	23	21	21	20	22	27	25	25	26	22	18	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Cove Cape May (calm at BUOY-CMAN4 5 km from The Cove Cape May). 1.1m 8s swell from the E with a 0.4m 5s windswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 21 minutes ago The Cove Cape May

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