Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Issued: 1 am 02 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
22.1° C

1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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 (02 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 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 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (02 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (02 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 34°C on Fri afternoon, min 22°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
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
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
9
1
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.7
S
4
0.8
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
27
22
14
15
29
43
30
23
20
20
8
22
23
23
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
21
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SW
40
S
25
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
High Tide
9:50AM1.12m
10:05PM1.50m
10:29AM1.14m
10:42PM1.47m
11:10AM1.17m
Low Tide
3:57AM0.13m
3:39PM0.16m
4:33AM0.12m
4:20PM0.18m
5:10AM0.12m
5:05PM0.20m
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
heavy rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:37
5:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:28
8:28
8:28
 mm
1
1
2
24
9
Temp °C
24
24
24
28
30
31
31
30
28
27
27
32
34
33
33
32
30
29
28
31
32
27
22
27
Feels °C
24
25
26
31
31
31
30
30
30
30
30
34
35
33
33
32
31
31
31
35
33
24
22
29
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
Energy kJ
15
15
14
14
14
21
21
21
20
11
11
7
22
23
23
14
9
6
7
4
4
13
12
12
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.2
ESE
7
0.3
S
5
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
Energy kJ
8
8
20
20
5
4
13
13
13
13
13
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
6
0.2
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
Energy kJ
6
8
21
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.9
S
4
1
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.6
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.3
WSW
2
0.3
W
3
0.2
W
3
0.3
S
5
0.7
S
4
0.8
S
4
Energy kJ
27
27
22
11
15
29
43
30
23
7
9
7
1
1
1
4
12
21
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
370
196
17
100
1172
1172
1132
53
0
45
45
88
0
1132
95
95
29
286
126
315
1006
1006
1006
27
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Rating
(10 max)
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1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
7
6
6
7
7
8
9
9
6
7
5
5
5
5
5
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
9
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