Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.9° C
1.5° 

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 (18 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 7PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (18 Aug)1ft (0.3m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 22°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
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)
0.4
SE
6
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SE
6
0.3
SE
11
0.5
SE
11
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
22
22
12
19
56
53
35
34
33
22
13
12
12
12
12
7
7
7
7
7
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
N
5
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:31PM1.41m
00:46AM1.17m
1:22PM1.35m
1:39AM1.06m
2:21PM1.32m
Low Tide
6:50PM0.29m
6:51AM0.26m
7:49PM0.36m
7:42AM0.33m
8:53PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:50
7:49
7:47
 mm
1
1
3
2
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
26
25
25
25
25
24
26
28
29
28
28
27
26
23
23
25
25
23
23
Feels °C
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
26
28
30
29
28
28
27
27
24
25
28
27
23
25
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