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Wildwood Crest surf break

Wildwood Crest surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 EST
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Wildwood Crest surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
4.1° C
 (Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wildwood Crest today?

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 4PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)888887777766666344555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)706347343221109944444321024436079725040
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
1.46
10:56PM
1.20
11:08AM
1.32
11:47PM
1.17
11:56AM
1.18
12:40AM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:44PM
-0.10
4:52AM
0.03
5:30PM
-0.03
5:48AM
0.12
6:16PM
0.04
6:48AM
0.20
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--------7:18-------7:18-------
Sunset--4:52-------4:52-------4:53-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C1012119876567888778911121416161515
Feels °C (?)5664321133565323346912141415
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