Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.3° 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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 6AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (07 Aug)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (07 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
7
Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.8
S
4
1
S
5
1.1
S
5
1.1
S
5
0.9
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.4
SE
8
0.6
S
6
0.8
S
5
0.9
S
6
0.8
SSE
7
0.8
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.5
S
6
0.7
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
27
13
13
13
20
44
59
64
54
35
25
24
23
25
37
64
58
56
43
19
13
20
32
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
15
NE
10
S
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:29AM1.14m
3:16PM1.54m
3:43AM1.12m
4:27PM1.61m
4:55AM1.15m
5:32PM1.69m
Low Tide
8:37AM0.14m
9:51PM0.22m
9:42AM0.12m
11:01PM0.16m
10:48AM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:04
8:02
8:01
 mm
1
3
Temp °C
28
27
26
28
30
30
28
25
24
24
24
26
27
30
29
25
24
24
24
26
30
31
30
29
Feels °C
30
29
28
31
32
30
27
25
25
26
25
28
28
32
30
27
26
25
25
28
32
32
30
29
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