Broadway Beach Current Conditions Summary
Broadway Beach in Cape May, NJ is a jetty break, suited for intermediate surfers. Current conditions: 0.6 ft waves, s 10 mph (onshore), rising → high tide. Onshore wind all day making conditions choppy. Broadway Beach faces south — unique in NJ — making NE winds offshore here when everywhere else is blown out. South-facing orientation catches S and SW swells that miss the rest of NJ. Clean lefts off the jetty. Forecasts are updated every 3 hours using ML-corrected NOAA models with live buoy data from CDIP, NDBC, and IOOS stations.
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Optimal Surf Conditions for Broadway Beach
NNW–ENE
E–WSW
1–4.5 ft, either
January, February, March, September, October, November, and December
Mid tide, NE wind, 3-6 ft S to SW swell. NE storms are offshore here.
South-facing orientation catches S and SW swells that miss the rest of NJ. Clean lefts off the jetty.
Very crowded — Cape May draws surfers from the entire region when a nor'easter blows out the rest of the coast.
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