Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.0° C
0.8° 

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) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 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 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)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

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Wed morning, calm by Thu afternoon).

Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
S
8
1
SSE
8
1
S
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.5
S
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
8
0.7
E
4
0.7
E
4
0.7
E
5
0.7
E
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
196
137
134
112
94
94
70
67
51
61
59
56
29
23
16
20
19
19
20
16
19
25
27
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
5
WNW
10
NW
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
5
SE
5
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:28AM1.11m
3:14PM1.33m
3:31AM1.03m
4:13PM1.34m
4:33AM1.00m
5:06PM1.37m
Low Tide
8:31AM0.23m
9:34PM0.34m
9:22AM0.27m
10:37PM0.35m
10:13AM0.29m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:19
8:19
8:17
 mm
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
23
24
27
29
29
28
27
22
20
20
22
24
23
22
22
22
22
21
23
23
23
22
22
Feels °C
22
22
26
28
28
30
27
19
16
17
19
24
23
21
22
23
21
19
20
20
21
21
20
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