Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
25.0°C
2.0° 

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 (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 12PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (26 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (26 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 22°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).

Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
11
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
8
0.9
S
4
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.8
SSE
5
0.6
ESE
9
0.8
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
17
14
21
19
18
27
31
30
27
31
71
71
31
53
49
46
56
34
46
34
33
33
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
SW
10
S
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
W
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
High Tide
7:05AM1.22m
7:24PM1.54m
7:41AM1.30m
7:59PM1.57m
8:17AM1.37m
8:35PM1.57m
Low Tide
12:59PM0.17m
1:45AM0.15m
1:40PM0.11m
2:18AM0.10m
2:20PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:38
7:37
7:36
 mm
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
Temp °C
22
22
23
24
24
25
24
25
25
26
26
25
24
25
25
24
24
23
24
26
27
26
26
Feels °C
22
22
24
23
22
23
22
24
24
25
24
22
23
25
25
27
27
26
25
27
29
28
28
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