Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.4° C
1.1° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 7AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (20 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (20 Aug)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.9
S
4
0.6
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSE
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.7
NE
5
0.6
ENE
5
0.7
ENE
5
0.7
ENE
5
0.5
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.5
ENE
5
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.7
SSE
5
0.8
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
12
12
11
7
18
31
13
10
7
7
22
17
23
23
15
8
8
7
14
6
6
24
32
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
S
20
SSE
30
S
20
WNW
20
NE
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
1:39AM1.06m
2:21PM1.32m
2:44AM1.00m
3:27PM1.31m
3:55AM0.98m
4:30PM1.34m
Low Tide
7:42AM0.33m
8:53PM0.40m
8:37AM0.37m
9:59PM0.41m
9:35AM0.37m
11:00PM0.39m
clear
clear
clear
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clear
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:47
7:45
7:45
 mm
4
5
5
1
1
Temp °C
26
25
25
26
27
27
24
21
21
20
21
23
24
23
23
23
23
22
22
22
23
23
23
24
Feels °C
26
26
27
27
27
25
25
21
21
19
21
23
26
23
24
26
27
24
23
23
25
26
26
26
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