Wildwood Crest Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.97° N 74.82° W

Wildwood Crest 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
24.6° C
1.0° 

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 (08 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 9AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (08 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (08 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 31°C on Sat afternoon, min 23°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sat night, calm by Mon morning).

Saturday
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
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
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
1
S
5
1.1
S
6
1.1
S
6
0.8
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
27
28
27
24
23
53
75
94
58
44
29
19
12
31
18
11
8
9
11
11
11
12
12
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
SW
25
S
30
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
NW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross-off
High Tide
3:43AM1.12m
4:27PM1.61m
4:55AM1.15m
5:32PM1.69m
6:00AM1.23m
6:31PM1.76m
Low Tide
9:42AM0.12m
11:01PM0.16m
10:48AM0.08m
00:05AM0.09m
11:53AM0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:02
8:01
8:00
 mm
1
Temp °C
27
25
24
27
31
31
29
24
24
24
23
26
29
30
31
30
28
27
26
27
29
30
26
25
Feels °C
28
26
25
28
32
32
29
21
24
25
24
28
31
31
32
31
30
30
29
30
31
31
26
25
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