Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
19.0°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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 3PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (02 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
1
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)
0.3
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.3
ESE
11
0.9
ENE
5
0.9
ENE
5
0.8
ENE
5
0.8
ENE
5
1
E
5
1.2
E
6
1.3
E
6
1.1
E
6
1
E
7
1
E
7
0.9
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
22
36
22
35
34
25
25
24
23
23
23
33
34
32
32
52
85
120
104
94
94
77
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
E
15
SSE
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
12:28PM1.61m
1:01AM1.14m
1:38PM1.55m
2:19AM1.12m
2:56PM1.52m
Low Tide
5:55AM0.16m
7:09PM0.20m
7:01AM0.22m
8:22PM0.23m
8:15AM0.25m
9:33PM0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
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6:54
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6:56
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6:56
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6:40
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6:38
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6:37
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1
2
2
1
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1
7
3
2
Temp °C
21
21
23
27
28
28
22
19
16
16
17
18
18
17
18
18
17
17
18
18
19
20
19
Feels °C
19
19
21
25
26
26
21
18
12
13
15
15
14
14
16
16
13
14
15
16
20
21
19
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