FZUS51 KPHI 160804 CWFPHI Coastal Waters Forecast for New Jersey and Delaware National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 Sandy Hook NJ to Fenwick Island DE to 20 NM offshore and Delaware Bay ANZ400-162100- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO FENWICK ISLAND DE AND FOR DELAWARE BAY... Another round of record warmth this afternoon, then a weak cold front moves across our area Friday. A strong cold front crosses our region late Saturday night into Sunday morning. High pressure builds in later Monday into Tuesday before shifting to our south and east by Wednesday. $$ ANZ450-162100- Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 7 seconds. .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds around 5 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely in the evening. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. $$ ANZ451-162100- Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming S 15 to 20 kt late. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Showers likely in the evening. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. $$ ANZ452-162100- Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 10 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 7 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 6 seconds and E 2 ft at 8 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Showers likely in the evening. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. $$ ANZ453-162100- Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...W winds around 5 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely in the evening. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. $$ ANZ454-162100- Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds and SE 3 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 5 seconds and SE 2 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Showers likely in the evening. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds around 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. $$ ANZ455-162100- Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt, becoming S 15 to 20 kt late. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 6 seconds and SE 1 foot at 9 seconds. .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 6 seconds and SE 3 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds around 5 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 7 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely in the evening. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas around 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. $$ ANZ431-162100- Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 5 seconds. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 7 seconds and W 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers. .FRI NIGHT...W winds around 5 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 1 to 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 4 seconds and SE 1 foot at 6 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less, then 1 to 2 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 6 seconds, becoming SE 1 foot at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 7 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 7 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SUN...W winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely in the evening. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. $$ ANZ430-162100- Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- 402 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026 .TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S this afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: S 1 foot at 5 seconds. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 3 seconds and SE 1 foot at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds around 5 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at 2 seconds and SE 1 foot at 6 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. .SAT...E winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SE 1 foot at 3 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 3 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Showers likely. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Showers likely in the evening. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas around 2 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 1 to 2 ft. $$