North Wildwood Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.00° N 74.79° W

North Wildwood 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's North Wildwood sea temperature is
19.4°C
2.8° 

North Wildwood surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at North Wildwood today (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for North Wildwood at 5AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (16 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 24°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Fri morning, strong winds from the NE by Sun night).

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ENE
5
0.6
SSE
4
0.2
ESE
9
0.6
SSW
4
0.4
ESE
5
0.9
S
4
1
S
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.2
ESE
9
1.2
NNE
4
1.3
NNE
4
1.4
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.8
NE
8
2
ENE
9
2.1
ENE
9
2.2
E
10
2.2
E
11
2.2
E
11
2.2
E
11
2.3
E
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
10
9
10
8
30
43
36
29
21
13
8
53
62
221
300
418
589
739
1055
1137
1151
1151
1232
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
15
S
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
NNW
30
NW
30
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
NNE
30
N
35
N
35
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
40
NE
Wind State
on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
00:11AM1.05m
12:28PM1.25m
1:04AM1.00m
1:19PM1.20m
1:57AM0.98m
2:12PM1.18m
Low Tide
5:57AM0.29m
6:54PM0.27m
6:41AM0.35m
7:52PM0.31m
7:42AM0.40m
8:56PM0.32m
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light rain
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clear
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
clear
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2
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1
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1
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Temp °C
17
18
19
19
23
24
22
17
16
13
9
7
7
10
10
8
8
6
6
9
10
11
11
11
Feels °C
14
17
18
18
22
22
20
13
11
7
1
-1
-1
2
2
-1
-1
-3
-3
0
1
2
3
3
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