Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 14 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
18.7°C
1.7° 

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


How big are the waves at Wildwood Crest today (14 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 5PM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (14 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (14 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Wed night, strong winds from the NNW by Sat morning).

Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.9
ENE
5
0.9
ENE
5
0.7
ENE
6
0.6
E
6
0.7
E
4
0.6
SE
4
0.9
SE
4
0.8
SSE
4
0.8
S
4
0.8
S
4
1
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.1
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
14
10
9
9
5
5
5
33
37
33
24
13
11
24
24
22
24
43
87
77
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
10:25AM1.53m
10:48PM1.15m
11:06AM1.46m
11:30PM1.07m
11:51AM1.39m
Low Tide
4:52PM0.20m
4:37AM0.26m
5:38PM0.28m
5:21AM0.33m
6:30PM0.34m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
24
28
27
26
22
20
16
14
15
15
13
14
15
17
17
18
19
23
24
23
21
Feels °C
23
27
27
26
22
20
12
9
11
11
10
12
13
15
15
16
17
21
22
19
19
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