The effects of Water Temperature
Fish are cold blooded, which means their metabolism is strongly influenced by the temperature of their surrounding environment. Fish want to stay comfortable. Consequently, even a small change or break will cause fish to move from one location to another.
In general, this behavior varies for each species and place, so we can not specify an ideal water temperature, however as a general rule we will try to avoid the temperatures abnormally cold in summer and too warm in winter. Remember, look for the comfort zones and you will find the fish.
At this moment the current water temperature in Cape May (Atlantic Ocean) is -. The average water temperature in Cape May (Atlantic Ocean) today is -.
We consider the waves in the open sea.
The waves you will find on the shore can be slightly affected by the orientation of the coastline and the seabed of the beaches, although in most cases they are usually equivalent.
Today Tuesday, 20th of April of 2021, the sun rose in Cape May (Atlantic Ocean) at 6:14 am and sunset was at 7:42 pm. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 2:12 am and the next high tide at 3:06 pm. The first low tide was at 8:52 am and the next low tide at 8:37 pm.
Today we had 13 hours and 28 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:58 pm.
The tidal coefficient today is 34, a very low value, which means that there will not be a great difference between high tide and low tide. The currents will also be very small. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 37. The day ends with a tidal coefficient of 43.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Cape May (Atlantic Ocean) which is of 6.6 ft and a minimum height of -1.3 ft.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of April of 2021.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Cape May (Atlantic Ocean), forecast in April.
Large coefficients indicate important high and low tides; major currents and movements usually take place on the sea bed. But bear in mind that this tidal amplitude may be greatly affected by the weather and you should also consult the weather forecast in Cape May, the wind in Cape May and the surf forecast in Cape May before you go fishing.
The moon set at 2:42 am at 301° northwest. Then, the moon rose at 60° northeast at 12:19 pm.
When the solunar period coincides with sunrise or sunset, we can expect more activity than initially planned. These peak periods are reflected in green. We additionally point out in the chart the periods of greatest activity during the year with a big blue fish on the period bar + info
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Cape Island Creek (Cape May) (1.6 mi.) | Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) (2.3 mi.) | Cape May Harbor (2.6 mi.) | Cape May (3.0 mi.) | Swain Channel (Taylor Sound) (5 mi.) | North Highlands Beach (6 mi.) | Wildwood Crest (Sunset Lake) (6 mi.) | Wildwood Crest (Ocean Pier) (7 mi.) | West Wildwood (Grassy Sound) (8 mi.) | Old Turtle Thorofare (8 mi.) | Nummy Island (Grassy Sound Channel) (10 mi.) | Brandywine Shoal Light (10 mi.) | Dias Creek (11 mi.) | Stone Harbor (Great Channel) (13 mi.) | Bidwell Creek (Route 47 Bridge) (13 mi.) | Bidwell Creek Entrance (14 mi.) | Lewes (14 mi.) | Long Reach (Ingram Thorofare) (15 mi.) | Stites Sound (16 mi.) | Ingram Thorofare (16 mi.) | Rehoboth Beach (17 mi.) | Sluice Creek (Route 47 Bridge, Dennis Creek) (17 mi.) | Townsends Inlet (18 mi.) | Dennis Creek (2.5 NM Above Entrance) (18 mi.) | West Creek (0.7 NM Above Entrance) (18 mi.) | Townsend Sound (18 mi.) | Dennis Creek (Route 47 Bridge) (19 mi.) | Riggins Ditch (0.5 NM Above Entrance) (19 mi.) | East Point (Maurice River Cove) (19 mi.) | East Creek (Route 47 Bridge) (19 mi.) | West Creek (Route 47 Bridge) (20 mi.) | Riggins Ditch (Heislerville) (20 mi.) | Milford (Mispillion River Entrance) (20 mi.) | Ludlam Bay (West Side) (21 mi.) | Bivalve (21 mi.) | Dividing Creek Entrance (22 mi.) | Fishing Creek Entrance (23 mi.) | Indian River Inlet (23 mi.) | Strathmere (Strathmere Bay) (24 mi.) | Weir Creek Bridge (Dividing Creek) (24 mi.) | Mauricetown (25 mi.) | Cedar Swamp Creek (Tuckahoe River) (25 mi.) | Fortescue Creek (25 mi.) | Middle Thorofare (25 mi.) | Hollywood Beach (The Glades) (26 mi.) | Frederica (Bowers, Murderkill River Entrance) (26 mi.) | Port Elizabeth (Manumuskin River) (27 mi.) | Tuckahoe (Tuckahoe River) (27 mi.) | Newport Landing (Nantuxent Creek) (29 mi.) | Menantico Creek Entrance (29 mi.)