Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.8°C
2.1° 

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 (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 7AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (29 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
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
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.7
NE
5
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.6
SSE
3
0.8
S
4
0.9
S
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.6
S
4
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
26
16
16
22
16
16
16
17
18
18
11
18
8
18
28
29
13
10
10
10
9
9
9
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
0
NW
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
glassy
on
cross-on
High Tide
8:54AM1.44m
9:11PM1.55m
9:32AM1.51m
9:50PM1.50m
10:13AM1.55m
10:31PM1.44m
Low Tide
2:50AM0.06m
3:00PM0.05m
3:24AM0.04m
3:41PM0.05m
4:00AM0.04m
4:26PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:34
7:32
7:30
 mm
Temp °C
24
21
20
21
23
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
24
25
25
24
24
24
22
22
23
23
23
23
Feels °C
24
18
16
19
23
21
22
23
24
23
24
23
23
23
24
23
25
28
24
24
26
27
26
25
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Wildwood Crest surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest