The Cape May Chamber of Commerce offers a 128-page booklet chock full of lodgings, rentals, dining, activities, a map and a calendar of events. P.O. Box 83, Cape May, NJ 08204. The mugs of those who've died are hung so they face the ocean. The Emlen Physick Estate is worth more than a drive-by. Open Memorial Day through October.
Several companies offer whale watch cruises.
Check with your lodgings or at the Welcome Center in the 1853 onion-domed former Presbyterian Church at 405 Lafayette Street.