Handmade in Ocean City, NJ

WAVECLOCK

A tide clock that actually knows what the ocean's doing — and when the waves are perfect for surfing.

One little e-paper display, four things it actually tells you well: today's tide, this week's swell, this week's weather, and the exact minute the sun goes down at Second Street Dock.

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WAVE CLOCKLIVE VIEW
Wave Clock tide and conditions screen
Wave Clock 5-day wave forecast screen
Wave Clock 5-day weather forecast screen
Wave Clock sunset countdown screen at Second Street Dock

What it actually shows

Four screens, in the order it cycles through them

Every 60 seconds it moves to the next one on its own — or press the button to jump ahead. This is the real order, because the order is the point: your day, the water, the week, and the one moment worth stepping outside for.

Screen 1

Tide & Conditions

Tide and conditions screen

A smooth curve through today's actual high and low tides, a stick-figure surfer riding the current moment on that curve, plus water temp, air temp, today's forecasted high, live wind speed and direction, sky condition, and current wave height — all in one glance.

Default screen
Screen 2

5-Day Wave Forecast

5-day wave forecast screen

A wave-height chart for the next five days, shaded by a quality read that factors in both swell period and wind, sorted into clean, fair, or choppy, with a legend so it's never a guess.

Planning ahead
Screen 3

5-Day Weather

5-day weather forecast screen

Day-by-day high/low, wind, and sky icons across the top, with a continuous hourly temperature curve underneath — and rain bars showing exactly when and how much, not just "chance of rain."

Pack accordingly
Screen 4

Sunset at Second Street Dock

Sunset countdown screen at Second Street Dock

A hand-sketched pencil-style scene — dock, distant bridge, gulls — where the sun visibly sinks toward the bay as sunset approaches. It takes over automatically 60 minutes before the sun actually sets, so you never miss it by accident.

The whole reason this exists

Where the numbers come from

Real sources, for OCNJ

Every number on this wave clock is fine-tuned for Ocean City. NOAA CO-OPS tide predictions, plus Open-Meteo marine, weather, and astronomy data calculated for this exact spot on the map.

NOAA CO-OPS
Official U.S. tide predictions for the Atlantic City, NJ station — the harmonic model behind that curve on Screen 1.
Tide times & heights
Open‑Meteo Forecast API
Current wind, air temperature, sky condition, and today's forecasted high — calculated for Ocean City's exact coordinates, not a distant weather station.
Current conditions
Open‑Meteo Marine API
Wave height, period, direction, and sea surface temperature, both right now and five days out.
Waves & water temp
Open‑Meteo Astronomy
The actual daily sunrise and sunset time for this exact spot on the map — not a rounded almanac guess.
Sunset countdown

Where Wave Clock works

Now covering 8 Jersey Shore towns

Ocean City is home base, but the same tide-accurate build now ships for these towns too — each one tuned to its own station and coordinates, not a generic default.

Ocean City Avalon Stone Harbor Wildwood Cape May Margate Brigantine Sea Isle City
Wave Clock sunset countdown screen, pencil-sketch style, showing the pier and dock at Second Street

Not off-the-shelf

Sketched, not stock-photo'd

The sunset screen isn't a clip-art icon — it's built pencil-line by pencil-line: a one-point-perspective pier that recedes toward the horizon, a distant low bridge, a bench, a bike leaning on a fence, and a sun that actually sinks below the waterline as the minutes count down.

  • A 5.8″ e-paper display — readable in full direct sunlight with zero glare. A timeless, high-quality retro mix with an elegant feel, perfect for your beach house.
  • Every screen redraws itself once a minute, or the instant you press the button.
  • The sunset screen locks itself on for the hour before sunset, so it can't get cycled away right when it matters.
  • Designed and built in Ocean City, NJ — every coordinate, every station ID, points at this town specifically.

Own one

Built to order, one at a time

Each Wave Clock ships set up for your exact stretch of coastline — not a generic factory default. Tell me your beach, I'll build it for that spot.

$99
Includes setup for your location
Free software updates delivered automatically over WiFi — no visits, no reflashing.
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