Wildwood Crest Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is Rusty, and I’m looking at the next 16 days here on the Jersey Cape, specifically Wildwood Crest. And I gotta tell ya, it’s been a tough stretch and it’s shaping up to stay that way for a while.

Right now, we’re looking at a real dry spell. The surf just isn’t showing up. From today, Wednesday the 29th of July, all the way through to Monday the 3rd of August, it’s pretty much a write-off. The swell is tiny – barely 1ft to 3ft – and when it isn't tiny, the wind is junk. A lot of cross-onshore and choppy conditions. The energy is weak, with combined swell energy values mostly below 50. You’re not getting anything worth paddling out for.

We finally see a glimmer of hope on Monday afternoon, the 3rd of August. The wind swings to a cross-offshore and the waves clean up. You’ve got a 4ft swell from the south, but with a short period of 7 seconds, it’s not gonna have much punch. The water temp here is around 75°, which is pretty average for late July – nothing out of the ordinary, just a normal Jersey summer bath.

Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th are back to being poor. The wind is onshore or cross-onshore and the swell is tiny.

Then we get another little spike. Thursday morning the 6th of August sees the wind go cross-off from the west with clean conditions, but the swell is only 2ft – too small to get excited about. The real standout, and honestly, the only real standout in this whole forecast, is Saturday afternoon, the 8th of August. We get a 3ft swell from the SSE, a 7-second period, and a clean cross-off wind from the SW. The combined swell energy jumps up to 164, which is the best we’ll see for the whole run. It’s still not massive, but it’s the most energy in the water and it’ll be clean. This is a low-pressure, go-when-you-can type of session, not a drive-across-state kind of day. Keep in mind Wildwood Crest is a sandbar break, so it can be inconsistent, but with that clean wind, it’ll be about the best you'll find.

After that, Sunday the 9th through the end of the outlook on Thursday the 13th of August, it’s back to small, messy, or onshore slop. There’s a brief moment on Monday the 10th with a 10-second period from the NE, but it’s only 2ft – a ghost of a groundswell.

So, in summary: this is a lean 16 days. Period. There are long gaps with no real recommendations. For a spot like this, that's just the way it goes sometimes. The only window that looks halfway decent is Saturday afternoon, the 8th of August. Mark it down, have your board ready, and keep your fingers crossed the forecasts hold. Otherwise, it’s a beach day.

Rusty.

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