The Cove Cape May surf break

The Cove Cape May surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.1° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)
Cape May Cove Sunset Cam - Cape May, NJ


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

The current surf forecast for The Cove Cape May at 11PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
1.1
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.2
SSE
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.3
S
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)446688888555484433444353
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)174610310915114698674580104915461696817159853
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
25
S
25
SSW
20
W
15
WNW
25
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
35
W
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
1.12
2:04AM
1.21
2:11PM
1.02
2:59AM
1.23
3:09PM
0.96
3:52AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25PM
0.09
8:07AM
0.21
8:14PM
0.13
9:08AM
0.22
9:04PM
0.15
10:06AM
0.20
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------7:18-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset4:55-------4:57-------4:58-------
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1161741------------------
Temp. °C811161198556310-1-10344445445
Feels °C (?)4612762-4-2-3-9-11-12-12-10-7-3-2-3-4-4-1-2-10
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