Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
23.7° C
0.8° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 3PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 69mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu night, min 22°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SW by Sat night).

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
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
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
4
0.4
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
S
5
0.3
S
5
0.2
S
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.1
E
14
0.1
SE
14
0.3
SSE
3
0.1
SE
14
0.8
SSE
4
1.3
S
5
1.5
S
6
1.3
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
7
4
3
6
7
6
7
7
4
5
4
4
3
5
4
8
3
7
20
74
133
123
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
SE
5
WNW
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
20
SE
25
S
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
9:51AM1.38m
10:13PM1.75m
10:43AM1.40m
11:02PM1.63m
11:34AM1.39m
Low Tide
3:47AM-0.13m
3:44PM-0.09m
4:35AM-0.10m
4:38PM-0.02m
5:21AM-0.04m
5:32PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:46
5:47
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:22
 mm
2
1
2
3
6
51
2
Temp °C
26
26
27
29
30
31
28
28
26
25
26
26
26
25
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
22
25
Feels °C
27
28
29
30
30
34
31
26
25
23
26
26
25
25
26
24
25
26
27
26
28
22
25
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