Ocean City · Cape May County · New Jersey
Ocean City 7th Street Surf Report & Forecast, New Jersey
Ocean City 7th Street, New Jersey: 1 ft, knee high, at 3 pm EST on Monday, Nov 9, rated Poor. The main swell is 1.7 ft at 6 seconds from the southwest, with a 20 mph offshore wind from the west-northwest, gusting 31 mph. Water is about 59°F, so a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion; the next high tide is 3.3 ft at 7:20 pm.
1 ft
knee high · occasional 2 ft
- Swell
- 1.7 ft · 6 s · SWplus 1.3 ft · 11 s · SE
- Wind
- 20 mph (WNW), gusts 31offshore
- Tide
- 0.4 ft risinghigh 3.3 ft at 7:20 pm
- Water
- 59°F4/3–5/4 hooded
- Air
- 59°Ffeels like 43°F
- Sun
- rise 6:35 amset 4:49 pm
Ocean City 7th Street surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Ocean City 7th Street: 8 am, Poor, on a falling high tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Ocean City 7th Street: 6 am, Poor, on a rising high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 14 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 20 | 4.3 ft |
| 7 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 15 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 25 | 4.5 ft |
| 8 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 18 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 29 | 4.2 ft |
| 9 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 22 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 35 | 3.4 ft |
| 10 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 22 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 35 | 2.3 ft |
| 11 am | 1–2 ft | Poor | 21 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 33 | 1.1 ft |
| 12 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor | 21 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 32 | 0.2 ft |
| 1 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 20 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 31 | -0.3 ft |
| 2 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 20 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 30 | -0.2 ft |
| 3 pmnow | 1 ft | Poor | 19 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 30 | 0.4 ft |
| 4 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 18 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 29 | 1.3 ft |
| 5 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 15 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 25 | 2.2 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 15 | 3.9 ft |
| 7 am | 1 ft | Poor | 9 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 15 | 4.5 ft |
| 8 am | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 16 | 4.5 ft |
| 9 am | 1 ft | Poor | 12 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 18 | 4.1 ft |
| 10 am | 1 ft | Poor | 12 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 19 | 3.2 ft |
| 11 am | 1 ft | Poor | 14 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 22 | 2.2 ft |
| 12 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 16 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 24 | 1.2 ft |
| 1 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 16 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 25 | 0.4 ft |
| 2 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 15 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 24 | 0.1 ft |
| 3 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 15 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 22 | 0.3 ft |
| 4 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 14 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 21 | 1.0 ft |
| 5 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 12 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 18 | 1.8 ft |
Ocean City 7th Street waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 3 pm, sets at Ocean City 7th Street arrive about every minute with about 3 waves each, and the waves are mostly barreling and soft.
- Set waves
- about 1.3 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 3
- Sets
- every minute or so, each lasting about 3 s
- Lulls
- about 22 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Barrelingwhich means the lip pitches out and can throw a barrel
- Shape
- Softwhich means mostly mellow, with occasional steeper sections
- Breaking
- 4% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- light, about 0.2 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Ocean City 7th Street surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Ocean City 7th Street: the biggest day is Thursday, Nov 12 at 1–2 ft, and the best-rated day is Monday, Nov 9 (Poor). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, flat (under 1 ft) and Poor; Sunday, Nov 15, flat (under 1 ft) and Poor.
Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24
Days 11–16 for Ocean City 7th Street are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | 1–2 ft | Poor | 1.9 ft · 4 s · SW | 18 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 29 | 20 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 30 | 8 am |
| Tue, Nov 10 | 1 ft | Poor | 1.1 ft · 11 s · SE | 10 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 16 | 15 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 24 | 5 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 1 ft | Poor | 0.9 ft · 11 s · ESE | 6 mph offshore (NW) | 6 mph onshore (S) | 10 am |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 1–2 ft | Poor | 1.8 ft · 4 s · ESE | 14 mph cross-shore (E), gusts 20 | 11 mph onshore (ESE), gusts 16 | 12 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 0.9 ft · 4 s · SW | 22 mph offshore (N), gusts 29 | 20 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 25 | 8 am |
| Sat, Nov 14 | flat (under 1 ft) | Poor | 0.3 ft · 7 s · E | 18 mph offshore (NW), gusts 24 | 19 mph offshore (NW), gusts 25 | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | flat (under 1 ft) | Poor | 0.2 ft · 6 s · NE | 17 mph offshore (NW), gusts 25 | 17 mph offshore (NW), gusts 27 | 4 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | flat (under 1 ft) | Poor | — | 12 mph offshore (NW), gusts 19 | 14 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 23 | 1 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 0–1 ft | Poor | — | 10 mph offshore (N) | 7 mph cross-shore (NNE) | 4 pm |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 0–1 ft | Poor | — | 6 mph offshore (NNW) | calm | 4 pm |
| Thu, Nov 19 – Tue, Nov 24 | Days 11–16 for Ocean City 7th Street are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Ocean City 7th Street tide chart and tide times
Tides at Ocean City 7th Street today, Monday, Nov 9: low -0.1 ft at 12:33 am, high 4.5 ft at 6:54 am, low -0.3 ft at 1:20 pm and high 3.3 ft at 7:20 pm. At 3 pm the tide is 0.4 ft and rising.
Ocean City 7th Street tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Mon, Nov 9 | Low -0.1 ft at 12:33 amHigh 4.5 ft at 6:54 amLow -0.3 ft at 1:20 pmHigh 3.3 ft at 7:20 pm |
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 0.1 ft at 1:09 amHigh 4.6 ft at 7:37 amLow 0.1 ft at 2:06 pmHigh 3.3 ft at 7:56 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 0.2 ft at 1:48 amHigh 4.5 ft at 8:16 amLow 0.4 ft at 2:42 pmHigh 3.7 ft at 8:42 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | Low 1.1 ft at 2:22 amHigh 5.3 ft at 8:53 amLow 1.3 ft at 3:28 pmHigh 4.0 ft at 9:10 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | Low 1.2 ft at 3:15 amHigh 4.6 ft at 9:28 amLow 0.6 ft at 4:20 pmHigh 3.1 ft at 10:06 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | Low 0.9 ft at 3:50 amHigh 4.2 ft at 10:12 amLow 0.5 ft at 5:09 pmHigh 2.7 ft at 10:49 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | Low 0.6 ft at 4:45 amHigh 3.5 ft at 11:06 amLow 0.3 ft at 5:54 pmHigh 2.5 ft at 11:43 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | Low 0.5 ft at 5:41 amHigh 3.3 ft at 11:59 amLow 0.3 ft at 6:43 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 2.6 ft at 12:41 amLow 0.5 ft at 6:40 amHigh 3.2 ft at 12:53 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Ocean City 7th Street water temperature
The water temperature at Ocean City 7th Street is about 59°F on Monday, Nov 9. With the air feeling like 43°F and a 20 mph wind, a 4/3 or 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 57 and 59°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Ocean City 7th Street
- Atlantic City9.9 mi NE · 2 ft · Poor
- Sea Isle City11 mi SW · 2 ft · Poor to Fair
- Brigantine14 mi NE · 1–2 ft · Poor
- Avalon15 mi SSW · 2 ft · Poor to Fair
- Stone Harbor19 mi SSW · 1–2 ft · Poor
- Holgate23 mi NE · 2 ft · Poor
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About Ocean City 7th Street
Ocean City 7th Street is a jetty in Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, facing southeast. Also called OC, OCNJ and 7th St.
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