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Wildwood Crest surfForecast / New Jersey / USA
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Wildwood Crest surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wildwood Crest sea temperature is
13.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Wildwood Crest today?
The current surf forecast for Wildwood Crest at 8PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (18 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (18 May) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Wildwood Crest. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue night, light winds from the SW by Wed night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thu 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | SSW 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | |
40 | 39 | 28 | 66 | 45 | 59 | 53 | 48 | 38 | 47 | 92 | 113 | 97 | 98 | 89 | 46 | 35 | 41 | 45 | 106 | 34 | 39 | 31 | 23 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | |
High Tide | 9:23AM1.30m | 9:47PM1.84m | 10:18AM1.26m | 10:43PM1.77m | 11:16AM1.23m | 11:41PM1.68m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:15PM-0.13m | 4:20AM-0.14m | 4:09PM-0.07m | 5:16AM-0.08m | 5:07PM0.01m | 6:16AM-0.02m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:41 | — | |
— | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | — | 8:09 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Temp °C | 25 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 |
26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 10 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | — | SE 18 | E 14 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 13 | SE 16 | — | SE 8 | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 |
40 | — | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 18 | 41 | 7 | 10 | — | 18 | 46 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 55 | 34 | 39 | 31 | 23 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 15 | E 14 | — | E 17 | E 17 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | SE 13 | — | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 8 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 |
— | 4 | 4 | — | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | — | 10 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 15 | E 18 | SE 14 | E 13 | — | — | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | SE 16 | E 13 | — | — | — | SE 15 | E 12 | — | — | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | E 15 | SE 15 |
4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 8 | SSE 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | WSW 4 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | SSW 6 | — | — | NNE 2 | NNE 3 |
— | 39 | 28 | 66 | 45 | 59 | 53 | 48 | 38 | 47 | 92 | 113 | 97 | 98 | 89 | 7 | 35 | 41 | 45 | 106 | — | — | 1 | 5 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 88 | 998 | 998 | 370 | 550 | 550 | 53 | 53 | 148 | 550 | 160 | 153 | 180 | 370 | 159 | 31 | 8 | 142 | 129 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 203 |
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