Wildwood Crest Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. The outlook for the next 16 days out of Wildwood Crest is a tough one. We’ve got a long stretch of flatness and poor conditions coming up, and there’s really no good news for surfers looking for a proper wave. The water is much warmer than usual for this time of year at 78°, which is over 5° warmer than normal, but that’s about the only thing that’s out of the ordinary.

We’re looking at a gap that starts now and runs through most of the period. The first recommendation doesn’t appear until two weeks from now, and even then it’s a long shot. For the first week, from September 7th right through to September 18th, it’s pretty much a washout. The swell is tiny, maxing out at 3ft on the afternoon of the 9th, but that’s a short period 4-second windswell with a fresh cross-onshore wind making it lumpy and poor. The combined wave energy on that day is a weak 48, so don’t get your hopes up. The best wind we see in that stretch is a glassy cross-offshore on the morning of the 8th, but the swell is only 0.7ft, so there’s simply nothing to ride.

The pattern continues with very small, weak swells and poor wind directions right through the middle of the month. The setup is mostly a beach break, so with these small, weak, short-period waves and strong onshore or cross-shore winds, it’s looking more like a kiteboarding session than a paddle surf session for most of the next two weeks.

The only real standout, and I mean the only one, is for the morning of the 16th of September. We’ll see a small 0.7ft swell from the ESE, but the wind is a clean offshore from the NW, blowing at 16 mph. The period is a very long 13 seconds, which is a proper groundswell, but it’s so small it’s barely a ripple. The combined energy is a very weak 11. This is a long-range promise, so take it with a grain of salt, but if that offshore holds and the swell picks up a touch, it could be a clean, tiny wave for the sandbar. But let’s be real, it’s a long shot.

After that, the final days of the outlook show a slight bump in the swell on the 19th with 3ft from the SSE, but the wind is a fresh cross-shore at 19 mph, making it lumpy and messy. The combined energy is still only moderate at 66. It’s not worth the drive.

Look, when a place like this has a long blank run, it’s just part of the game. The area is fairly consistent normally, but this stretch is a write-off. Hang tight, check the charts again in a few days, and pray for a change. This is Rusty, signing off.

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