Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.3° C
1.1° 

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 (20 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 7PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (20 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (20 Jul)2ft (0.6m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 62mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Thu morning). Mainly strong winds.

Mon
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.5
SSE
3
0.7
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
4
1.2
S
5
1.6
S
6
1.5
S
7
1.5
S
8
1.7
S
8
1.7
S
7
1.3
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.2
SSE
9
1.4
S
8
1.7
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
11
17
6
12
21
37
39
30
34
70
188
229
256
337
298
213
453
222
279
364
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
40
S
10
SW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
25
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:19PM1.35m
1:30AM1.22m
2:15PM1.33m
2:28AM1.11m
3:14PM1.33m
Low Tide
7:29PM0.25m
7:43AM0.17m
8:31PM0.31m
8:31AM0.23m
9:34PM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:21
8:20
8:19
 mm
1
4
3
41
2
1
1
3
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
23
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
27
22
23
24
24
24
25
26
28
27
24
Feels °C
23
24
24
25
23
24
25
26
26
25
25
25
23
22
22
23
25
26
28
28
20
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