Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.1° C
0.6° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 11AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (06 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 32°C on Sat afternoon, min 22°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.9
SSE
4
1.1
S
5
1.1
S
5
1
S
5
0.9
S
6
1.1
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.8
S
4
1.1
S
5
1
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.4
SE
8
0.6
S
6
0.7
S
6
0.9
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
30
22
22
31
55
57
55
52
77
50
23
19
55
49
45
34
27
25
23
26
35
57
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
NNW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
20
S
40
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
2:07PM1.49m
2:29AM1.14m
3:16PM1.54m
3:43AM1.12m
4:27PM1.61m
Low Tide
7:36AM0.14m
8:40PM0.23m
8:37AM0.14m
9:51PM0.22m
9:42AM0.12m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
mod rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:05
8:04
8:02
 mm
1
8
2
Temp °C
26
26
27
29
30
28
27
28
27
26
28
31
31
29
22
23
23
23
25
29
32
30
23
Feels °C
28
28
29
30
30
27
27
29
29
28
31
33
31
28
22
25
25
25
27
31
34
30
19
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