The Cove Cape May surf break

The Cove Cape May surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 09 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
9.0° C
(Which is 2.8°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 10PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.3
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)98991010101010101010111010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21494100132137140173173176195195161158157160143143140109107969696
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
S
15
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
NW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
1.28
3:04PM
0.95
3:29AM
1.29
4:10PM
1.01
4:29AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31PM
0.35
8:55AM
0.31
8:39PM
0.35
9:52AM
0.28
9:47PM
0.31
10:43AM
0.21
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset7:30-------7:30-------7:31-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C666777912131414141499121414131210999
Feels °C (?)11245467678910226810975443
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