Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
23.7° C
0.3° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 10AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue night, light winds from the NNE by Thu night).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
1
S
4
1.3
SSE
5
1.1
S
5
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.9
SE
7
0.8
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
16
16
18
39
75
69
57
41
51
69
62
56
59
57
36
19
33
32
31
23
21
21
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
5
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:33AM1.11m
7:52PM1.53m
8:11AM1.16m
8:28PM1.55m
8:47AM1.20m
9:03PM1.55m
Low Tide
1:21PM0.16m
2:20AM0.16m
2:02PM0.13m
2:53AM0.12m
2:41PM0.11m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:14
8:13
8:13
 mm
2
1
3
1
1
Temp °C
23
23
24
25
25
25
22
22
22
22
23
24
26
26
23
22
20
20
22
23
24
23
22
Feels °C
24
23
24
24
23
23
21
23
24
24
25
25
26
25
22
22
19
18
20
21
24
25
24
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