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North Wildwood surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 EST
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North Wildwood surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's North Wildwood sea temperature is
4.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at North Wildwood today?

The current surf forecast for North Wildwood at 11AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (16 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s

Table - waves today at North Wildwood. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.6
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)988999555557778888888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20111112712599810285711102406283735556564139282813
Wind
(km/h)
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
N
15
N
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
1.26
6:31PM
1.01
6:47AM
1.31
7:12PM
1.05
7:26AM
1.34
7:50PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
0.02
12:34AM
0.05
1:22PM
-0.03
1:19AM
0.02
2:03PM
-0.08
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--7:16-------7:15-------7:15-----
Sunset----5:00-------5:01-------5:02---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C-4-5-4-21134456567754200-1-2-1-3
Feels °C (?)-16-16-14-10-6-7-7-5-5-3-2-303420-4-5-6-9-10-10-12
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