Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.9° 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 (18 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 6AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (18 Aug)1ft (0.3m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.5
SE
7
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
6
0.3
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
7
11
14
22
22
12
19
56
53
35
34
33
22
21
12
12
12
7
7
7
7
7
7
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
N
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
20
NNW
20
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:59PM1.29m
12:31PM1.41m
00:46AM1.17m
1:22PM1.35m
1:39AM1.06m
2:21PM1.32m
Low Tide
6:06AM0.18m
6:50PM0.29m
6:51AM0.26m
7:49PM0.36m
7:42AM0.33m
8:53PM0.40m
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:15
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:50
7:49
7:47
 mm
1
1
2
11
6
1
Temp °C
26
24
24
25
24
25
24
25
25
24
24
25
28
29
28
27
26
26
26
27
27
26
21
20
Feels °C
29
27
27
29
28
28
26
28
28
26
25
25
26
28
28
28
28
29
28
28
30
27
21
19
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