Wildwood Crest Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Wildwood Crest over the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, it’s a pretty grim stretch. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with practically nothing on offer for the first week and a half. The first real sign of life doesn’t show up until Friday the 28th of August, and even then it’s tiny. We’ve got a long gap of many days with no worthwhile surf before that.

The main problem is the swell. For days on end, we’re stuck with weak, short-period energy – mostly from the SE and ESE. The combined energy stays in the weak zone, barely cracking 50 (12-51) for the first week. The water temp is sitting at 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s small comfort when there’s nothing to ride.

There’s a brief flicker of hope on the 31st of August, Monday afternoon, where a burst of windswell from the S pushes the combined energy up to 141 (moderate wave energy), with a wave height of 4 ft. But the period is a terrible 5 seconds, and the wind is a messy cross-onshore. That’s not a surfer’s wave – that’s a kite surfer’s chop. Look elsewhere.

The one standout, if you can call it that, comes on Saturday the 5th of September. We get a bit of a pulse from the SE with a period of 12 seconds – that’s a proper groundswell. The combined energy climbs to 175 (moderate wave energy) in the morning, with wave heights around 3 ft. The wind is offshore from the NNW, which will clean things up nicely. It’s small, but for Wildwood Crest, that’s the best we’re gonna see. The swell direction is coming from the SE, which matches the optimum for this sandbar setup. The break is fairly consistent, but crowds are often an issue here, so expect company.

After that, it fades back into weak, wobbly onshore junk.

So, the short version: it’s a bleak outlook. The only real window is the morning of Saturday the 5th of September. Don’t get your hopes up for anything else.

Rusty.

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