The Cove Cape May surf break

The Cove Cape May surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 08 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
9.2° C
(Which is 3.1°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 11AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (08 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
S
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)77712661287786699101010101010111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5553513931475220242474110132169176194241236270270275
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.98
1:24AM
1.31
1:56PM
0.94
2:25AM
1.28
3:04PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
0.26
6:34PM
0.31
7:55AM
0.30
7:31PM
0.35
8:55AM
0.31
8:39PM
0.35
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise-6:33-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset----7:29-------7:30-------7:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-1-1223233335665667781012131313
Feels °C (?)-10-9-6-5-3-4-3-2-2-122212245555777
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