Cape May Beach Day Planner
Pick a date and we'll combine Cape May's tide windows and beach water quality to tell you whether it's a good beach day.
Wondering if Saturday is a good beach day in Cape May? Choose any date below to see that day's high and low tides, the best windows for swimming and shelling, the beach's water-quality rating, and activities matched to the tides — all from official NOAA and NJDEP data.
Saturday, May 30, 2026
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Water quality at Cape May
- Current geomean
- 17 CFU/100mL
- 5-year geomean
- 17 CFU/100mL
- Advisories (this year)
- 2
- Advisories (5-year)
- 4
Based on NJDEP Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program Enterococcus data. Lower is cleaner; the EPA Beach Action Value is 104 CFU/100mL.
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