Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Mt. Holly, NJ

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Coastal Waters Forecast for New Jersey and Delaware
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

Sandy Hook NJ to Fenwick Island DE to 20 NM offshore and Delaware
Bay

ANZ400-162100-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO FENWICK
ISLAND DE AND FOR DELAWARE BAY...
A very warm and humid airmass will be over the region through
Thursday with multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms
expected. A frontal boundary will remain stalled across the
northern portion of the area today before lifting north of the
area as a warm front on Thursday. A cold front will pass through
the region Thursday night into Friday, with high pressure
building in for Saturday. Another cold front approaches late in
the weekend, then stalling and lingering to our south through
the early part of the week.

$$

ANZ450-162100-
Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt late. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and tstms late.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S
2 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds. A chance of showers
after midnight.
.THU...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft
at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. A chance of tstms in the
afternoon.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail:
S 3 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms in the
evening.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft
at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at 10 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S
3 ft at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at 10 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Seas
2 to 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers after midnight.
.SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers
in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of tstms in the
afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. A chance of tstms. Showers likely, mainly in
the evening.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

$$

ANZ451-162100-
Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out
20 nm-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt this
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. A
slight chance of showers and tstms late.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
A chance of showers and tstms after midnight.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers in
the afternoon.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S
4 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 12 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft
at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at 12 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S
3 ft at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Seas
2 to 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers after midnight.
.SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers.
A chance of tstms in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

$$

ANZ452-162100-
Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out
20 nm-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt this
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. A
slight chance of showers and tstms late.
.TONIGHT...SW winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at
9 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms after midnight.
.THU...SW winds around 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S
4 ft at 6 seconds.
.FRI...W winds around 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft
at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at 12 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds and NE 2 ft at
11 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Seas
2 to 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers after midnight.
.SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers and tstms.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

$$

ANZ453-162100-
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt late. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and tstms early this morning. A slight chance of showers
and tstms this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
A chance of showers and tstms after midnight.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S
3 ft at 6 seconds.
.FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at
7 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas
2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at
11 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E in the afternoon. Seas
around 2 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers after midnight.
.SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

$$

ANZ454-162100-
Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt late. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at
6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and tstms until late
afternoon, then a chance of showers and tstms late.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
A chance of showers and tstms in the evening.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 3 ft at 6 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers after midnight.
.SUN...S winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers. A chance of tstms in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of
showers.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

$$

ANZ455-162100-
Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 15 kt with gusts
up to 20 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft
at 6 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms early this morning,
then a slight chance of showers and tstms late this morning and
early afternoon. A chance of showers and tstms late.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and E 1 foot at 9 seconds.
A chance of showers and tstms.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S
3 ft at 6 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft
at 7 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds around 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W
2 ft at 6 seconds and E 1 foot at 11 seconds. A chance of
showers.
.SAT...NE winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of
showers.
.SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers.
A chance of tstms in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas
around 2 ft. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of
showers.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

$$

ANZ431-162100-
Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less, then around
2 ft this afternoon. Wave Detail: S 1 foot at 4 seconds. A slight
chance of showers and tstms this morning, then a chance of
showers and tstms this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S
2 ft at 4 seconds. A chance of tstms in the evening. A chance of
showers.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW
2 ft at 4 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds around 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 4 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: W
1 foot at 4 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft in the
evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: NW 1 foot at
4 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas
1 foot or less. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance of
showers.
.SUN...S winds around 5 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance of
showers in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of
tstms in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas 1 foot or less. Showers likely with a chance of tstms in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

$$

ANZ430-162100-
Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE-
402 AM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

.TODAY...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SE
1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less, then around
2 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: S 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance
of showers and tstms.
.THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW
1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms in the
afternoon.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: SW 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and tstms in
the evening.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: NW
1 foot at 3 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: NW 1 foot at 2 seconds.
.SAT...NE winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas
1 foot or less. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds around 5 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance
of showers and tstms.
.SUN...S winds around 5 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance of
showers in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of
tstms in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming NW after midnight.
Seas 1 foot or less. A chance of tstms. Showers likely, mainly in
the evening.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

$$