Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Issued: 7 pm 03 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
22.7° C

1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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 (03 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 11PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)--
Afternoon (03 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (03 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 34°C on Fri night, min 23°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Fri
3
Saturday
4
Sunday
5
Mon
6
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 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
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
1.5
SW
5
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.5
SE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
9
0.5
SE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
23
23
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
108
19
11
11
11
18
7
7
35
7
7
11
8
22
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
10
N
10
WSW
10
NW
0
NNW
5
SW
10
S
40
S
20
W
20
NE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
25
N
20
E
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:42PM1.47m
11:10AM1.17m
11:22PM1.42m
11:54AM1.22m
00:05AM1.37m
12:41PM1.27m
Low Tide
4:20PM0.18m
5:10AM0.12m
5:05PM0.20m
5:49AM0.12m
5:56PM0.22m
6:32AM0.12m
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:39
5:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:28
8:28
8:28
8:27
 mm
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
34
34
32
31
29
28
31
33
28
24
23
25
23
23
25
26
25
25
23
23
24
24
25
25
Feels °C
34
35
31
32
31
32
34
34
26
24
22
26
24
25
28
27
26
26
22
24
27
27
27
25
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
S
4
0.3
S
4
0.3
S
4
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.6
S
4
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SSW
4
0.3
SSW
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
SE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.4
SSE
4
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
Energy kJ
23
23
5
6
6
3
3
13
13
11
12
12
6
4
4
11
7
7
18
7
6
8
8
22
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.2
ESE
9
Energy kJ
14
13
13
13
13
12
19
11
11
11
18
7
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
Energy kJ
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
0.3
W
2
0.3
S
4
0.6
S
3
0.6
WNW
3
1.5
SW
5
0.5
SSW
4
0.3
S
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SSE
4
0.2
ENE
2
0.5
SE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.6
SSE
3
Energy kJ
4
6
1
3
8
6
108
10
4
7
7
35
6
1
11
8
6
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
1009
89
29
263
286
320
286
1516
129
17
11
270
1134
2164
2164
1511
1511
3082
83
2164
2164
1174
1009
1174
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Rating
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Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
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1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
8
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
9
9
9
8
7
5
7
6
5
6
5
5
9
8
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