Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

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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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 11AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (16 Aug)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (16 Aug)3ft (0.9m)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 22°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun night, light winds from the NW by Tue night).

Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
S
6
0.4
SSE
3
0.6
SSE
3
0.8
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
4
1
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.2
S
5
0.9
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.5
SSE
7
0.5
SSE
7
0.5
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
9
20
25
43
71
83
54
38
38
19
25
26
26
30
22
18
17
17
19
19
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
20
SSE
20
S
30
S
25
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
5
NW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
10:59AM1.50m
11:16PM1.43m
11:44AM1.46m
11:59PM1.29m
12:31PM1.41m
Low Tide
4:43AM0.01m
5:05PM0.09m
5:23AM0.09m
5:56PM0.19m
6:06AM0.18m
6:50PM0.29m
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:52
7:50
 mm
2
2
2
1
Temp °C
24
24
24
23
24
23
24
23
23
24
25
28
29
29
27
26
24
22
24
26
28
27
26
Feels °C
25
24
22
21
21
20
21
23
24
26
26
30
30
32
29
28
26
23
26
26
26
26
26
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