Wildwood Crest surf break

Wildwood Crest surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 EDT
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Wildwood Crest surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
4.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wildwood Crest today?

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 4PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109999999999999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2922501241631331381361331061019981797876767459595959595858
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
10
NNE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:26PM
1.34
7:46AM
1.48
8:07PM
1.45
8:27AM
1.48
8:48PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
-0.04
1:33AM
-0.09
2:00PM
-0.11
2:18AM
-0.15
2:37PM
-0.15
3:03AM
-0.18
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-------7:05-------7:05-------7:03
Sunset--7:07-------7:07-------7:08-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13531-1-1-2-1000112234455665
Feels °C (?)-10-6-4-6-9-9-8-10-7-5-6-6-5-5-3-4-2-2-3-1-1122
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