Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
25.1° C
1.5° 

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 (16 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 10PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)--
Afternoon (16 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (16 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 23°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun night, calm by Tue night).

Sun
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
1.1
SSE
5
1.4
S
5
1.3
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
S
6
0.5
SSE
6
0.4
SE
7
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
7
0.5
SSE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.3
SE
11
0.4
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
33
61
114
108
62
51
33
17
15
20
17
25
26
22
18
17
19
17
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
SSE
35
S
30
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WNW
5
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
glassy
High Tide
11:16PM1.43m
11:44AM1.46m
11:59PM1.29m
12:31PM1.41m
Low Tide
5:05PM0.09m
5:23AM0.09m
5:56PM0.19m
6:06AM0.18m
6:50PM0.29m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:52
7:50
 mm
3
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
25
23
24
24
26
29
29
29
26
25
24
24
26
27
29
28
27
Feels °C
23
22
22
21
25
26
28
30
31
32
28
27
26
26
28
29
29
27
28
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