The Cove at Sandy Hook surf break

The Cove at Sandy Hook surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Feb 2026 EST
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The Cove at Sandy Hook surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Cove at Sandy Hook sea temperature is
1.4° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Cove at Sandy Hook today?

The current surf forecast for The Cove at Sandy Hook at 11AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (18 Feb)1ft (0.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.8
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101011111111111155555554555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3637384222232323231229121211131211162331351043731
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
15
NE
20
N
10
N
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.44
8:01PM
1.33
8:17AM
1.42
8:40PM
1.37
8:59AM
1.37
9:24PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
-0.12
2:00PM
-0.21
2:14AM
-0.14
2:36PM
-0.23
2:56AM
-0.14
3:11PM
-0.21
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-6:46-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset----5:34-------5:35-------5:36---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222233321112223333333222
Feels °C (?)-1-1-2-100-1-3-5-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-2-4-1-2
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