Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.5° C
1.3° 

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 (22 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 1AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (22 Jul)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (22 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 48mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue night, calm by Wed night).

Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
5
1
S
5
0.8
S
6
1.1
SSE
8
1.5
S
8
1.4
S
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.5
SSE
8
0.5
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
83
55
44
131
289
257
161
137
118
118
94
83
69
55
54
35
34
23
21
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
20
NW
10
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
SW
5
SW
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
Wind State
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:15PM1.33m
2:28AM1.11m
3:14PM1.33m
3:31AM1.03m
4:13PM1.34m
Low Tide
8:31PM0.31m
8:31AM0.23m
9:34PM0.34m
9:22AM0.27m
10:37PM0.35m
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:19
8:19
 mm
5
9
19
18
1
1
Temp °C
27
24
23
21
22
23
24
27
29
27
27
23
21
20
22
23
22
22
22
Feels °C
28
25
26
18
19
22
24
28
29
29
29
21
16
16
19
22
21
21
21
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