Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.5° C
1.3° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 7AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (21 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (21 Jul)6ft (1.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 74mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue night, light winds from the ENE by Thu night).

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
1
1
2
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)
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
1
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.8
S
6
1.5
S
7
1.3
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SSE
8
1.5
S
8
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.7
SSE
8
1
E
5
0.7
ENE
6
0.6
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
32
29
33
45
92
253
220
193
295
295
161
130
115
101
291
94
78
78
59
57
59
33
22
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSE
15
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
30
SW
25
WSW
30
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
15
N
25
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:30AM1.22m
2:15PM1.33m
2:28AM1.11m
3:14PM1.33m
3:31AM1.03m
4:13PM1.34m
Low Tide
7:43AM0.17m
8:31PM0.31m
8:31AM0.23m
9:34PM0.34m
9:22AM0.27m
10:37PM0.35m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:50
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:19
8:19
 mm
1
1
3
2
35
3
24
4
1
Temp °C
24
24
25
27
28
26
23
24
21
22
23
25
28
29
28
26
23
20
20
21
22
22
22
22
Feels °C
23
24
26
28
27
27
25
22
21
20
22
24
27
29
29
25
20
16
16
18
20
21
20
21
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