The Cove Cape May surf break

The Cove Cape May surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
5.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 12PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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 (?)
1
S
0.8
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)669998888888555588888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)794730302928571818262626415760342117171718181912
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
15
E
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
15
NW
10
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
N
25
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
1.46
10:40PM
1.68
11:05AM
1.37
11:29PM
1.66
11:57AM
1.26
12:24AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
-0.16
4:10PM
-0.16
4:55AM
-0.12
4:56PM
-0.11
5:51AM
-0.05
5:46PM
-0.04
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-7:01-------7:00-------6:58------
Sunset----7:12-------7:13-------7:14---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------152-----
Temp. °C1110121310777881318181717151411788763
Feels °C (?)778116322431014141212121372342-1-5
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