Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
25.5° C
1.9° 

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 (12 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 2AM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (12 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (12 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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)
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
S
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
6
0.2
S
6
0.1
E
11
0.5
S
3
0.4
SSW
3
0.4
SSW
3
0.3
SSW
3
0.3
SSW
3
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:25PM1.80m
7:50AM1.39m
8:15PM1.80m
8:40AM1.46m
9:03PM1.75m
Low Tide
1:52AM-0.05m
1:48PM-0.09m
2:38AM-0.09m
2:39PM-0.09m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:59
7:58
7:57
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
27
27
27
24
23
23
24
26
28
27
26
25
24
25
27
29
30
29
29
Feels °C
29
29
28
25
24
25
25
28
29
27
26
25
25
27
29
31
31
30
31
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