Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
23.7° C
0.3° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 9AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue night, calm by Thu night).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.9
SSE
4
1
SSE
5
1.2
SSE
5
1.3
S
5
1.3
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.8
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SE
8
0.7
SE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
16
16
28
45
72
92
104
57
54
38
52
56
57
56
35
19
45
32
23
22
22
30
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
15
SSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
ENE
5
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
on
High Tide
7:33AM1.11m
7:52PM1.53m
8:11AM1.16m
8:28PM1.55m
8:47AM1.20m
9:03PM1.55m
Low Tide
1:45AM0.20m
1:21PM0.16m
2:20AM0.16m
2:02PM0.13m
2:53AM0.12m
2:41PM0.11m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:56
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8:14
8:13
8:13
 mm
1
1
1
2
5
6
5
1
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
23
23
23
24
25
24
24
22
22
22
22
24
25
27
25
23
22
21
20
22
24
24
23
23
Feels °C
23
24
23
24
24
23
24
20
23
24
24
25
26
27
26
24
24
22
21
23
24
25
25
25
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