New York Bight

The New York/New Jersey Bight is the geological identification applied to a roughly triangular indentation, regarded as a bight, along the Atlantic coast of the United States that extends northeasterly from Cape May Inlet in New Jersey to Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island.

As the result of direct contact with the Gulf Stream along the coast of North America, the coastal climate of the bight area is temperate.

[2] The geography of the bight has long been of major concern to meteorologists in the study of tropical storm patterns along the eastern coast of North America.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is a federal agency responsible for determining offshore areas where wind farms may be built on the Outer Continental Shelf.

[7] In March 2021, reports appeared that the Biden administration is considering giving priority designation for offshore wind projects to the New York Bight.