Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.1° C
0.7° 

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 (19 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 10PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)--
Afternoon (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 51mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed night, min 20°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NE by Thu night).

Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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
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
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
9
0.4
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
0.4
SE
8
0.7
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.4
ENE
4
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.9
NE
5
0.9
ENE
5
0.8
ENE
5
0.6
ENE
5
0.6
E
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
21
12
12
12
12
7
7
18
17
9
7
7
8
42
42
28
20
18
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
N
30
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
on
on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
1:39AM1.06m
2:21PM1.32m
2:44AM1.00m
3:27PM1.31m
Low Tide
7:49PM0.36m
7:42AM0.33m
8:53PM0.40m
8:37AM0.37m
9:59PM0.41m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:49
7:47
7:45
 mm
1
2
21
10
Temp °C
28
28
27
26
25
25
26
27
27
23
21
22
20
21
23
23
23
22
24
Feels °C
27
28
27
26
25
27
28
27
28
24
19
22
19
20
22
22
23
21
26
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