Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
23.7° C
0.3° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 4PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (28 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NNE by Fri morning).

Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
1
1
1
1
0
1
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
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
1
S
4
1.3
S
5
1.4
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
38
85
115
95
140
60
52
46
49
44
35
35
24
24
33
32
31
23
23
23
Wind (km/h)
20
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
20
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
7:52PM1.53m
8:11AM1.16m
8:28PM1.55m
8:47AM1.20m
9:03PM1.55m
Low Tide
1:21PM0.16m
2:20AM0.16m
2:02PM0.13m
2:53AM0.12m
2:41PM0.11m
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:14
8:13
8:13
 mm
2
4
30
5
Temp °C
25
25
24
22
23
22
22
22
23
25
26
25
24
21
20
21
23
25
25
24
23
Feels °C
25
23
21
20
23
23
24
23
22
23
25
24
24
18
17
19
20
23
23
23
23
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