Wildwood Crest surf break

Wildwood Crest surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 16 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
4.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wildwood Crest today?

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 9PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (16 Mar)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (16 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.6
SE
1.2
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)899910101010101010101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48761681110211461741490275109117136127130133133130106101818179787676
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
50
S
45
S
50
S
45
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
10
N
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
1.21
7:06AM
1.45
7:26PM
1.34
7:46AM
1.48
8:07PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
0.05
12:48AM
-0.00
1:24PM
-0.04
1:33AM
-0.09
2:00PM
-0.11
2:18AM
-0.15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-------7:07-------7:05-------7:05
Sunset--7:06-------7:07-------7:07-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
322543------------------
Temp. °C1111121210321024310-1-1-10011233
Feels °C (?)41421-7-9-10-10-8-5-6-8-8-8-8-7-5-6-5-5-4-3-2
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