Wildwood Crest surf break

Wildwood Crest surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 EST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wildwood Crest surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
4.0° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wildwood Crest today?

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 1AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1.6
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)666663444555555645678888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444473102130364033272216122262199118107886450
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
E
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NNE
15
E
25
E
25
SSE
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
1.17
11:56AM
1.18
12:40AM
1.16
12:48PM
1.05
1:37AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
-0.03
5:48AM
0.12
6:16PM
0.04
6:48AM
0.20
7:03PM
0.10
7:50AM
0.24
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------7:18-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset4:52-------4:53-------4:54-------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------123231365-
Temp. °C99887891113161615131210811101087786
Feels °C (?)6654234681213141110737886443-1
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