Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.1° C
1.2° 

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 (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 7PM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Evening (17 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 22°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sat night, light winds from the NE by Sun night).

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
4
0.1
SE
8
0.3
SSE
4
0.4
S
3
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
SE
14
0.5
S
3
0.7
S
4
1.1
S
4
1.4
S
5
1.3
S
6
1
S
6
1
S
7
0.9
S
7
0.7
S
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.5
SSE
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.5
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
4
3
4
4
8
7
13
46
100
104
71
89
74
44
35
26
24
24
29
Wind (km/h)
5
N
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SW
20
W
20
W
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNE
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
High Tide
10:43AM1.40m
11:02PM1.63m
11:34AM1.39m
11:50PM1.50m
12:26PM1.37m
Low Tide
4:38PM-0.02m
5:21AM-0.04m
5:32PM0.07m
6:08AM0.02m
6:30PM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:21
 mm
2
2
2
19
5
3
1
Temp °C
27
27
28
27
27
26
25
25
27
28
27
24
26
24
24
23
24
26
28
27
25
Feels °C
29
27
27
25
26
26
25
27
29
29
30
23
25
24
25
22
23
24
26
26
25
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