The Cove Cape May surf break

The Cove Cape May surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am 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 4PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
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)


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
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
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)7758889910101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333815613148610013213714019017618019115515814913712912913210796
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
25
SW
15
W
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NE
5
ESE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
0.94
2:25AM
1.28
3:04PM
0.95
3:29AM
1.29
4:10PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.30
7:31PM
0.35
8:55AM
0.31
8:39PM
0.35
9:52AM
0.28
9:47PM
0.31
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:31-------6:31-------6:28------
Sunset----7:30-------7:30-------7:31---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C3345667778912131414141410101315131211
Feels °C (?)-1-10121345667688910348101098
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