Wildwood Crest Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into what’s brewing for the Wildwood stretch.

Honestly, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and frustrating for surfers. We’re staring down a long, barren stretch with hardly any waves worth paddling out for. The water’s sitting at 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only bright spot.

The forecast starts with nothing much on the radar. The first real chance of anything surfable comes on the morning of Friday, 28 August, but it’s a real struggle session. The swell is tiny at 1ft from the SE, with a short period of 8 seconds, and the combined energy is a weak 52. It’s glassy, which is a major positive for clean conditions, but the waves are just too small and weak. It’s really only for the die-hard beginners on a foamie. The afternoon isn’t any better, with a cross-shore wind messing it up.

The next few days are a total write-off. The wind is mostly cross-on or cross-off, and the swell hardly ever gets above 1ft. Even when the wind goes clean offshore on the 31st, there’s no push behind it. This is a real dry spell, and it’s going to be a tough week for anyone looking for a wave.

We do get a little spike of energy on Saturday, 5 September in the afternoon. The swell picks up to 4ft from the E, with a period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 344 – that’s moderate wave energy. The wind is blowing fresh offshore from the NW, so the surf will be clean and lined up. This is the standout of the entire forecast, but it’s still a long way out, so treat it as promising but not locked in. The swell is at a size that’s fine for most intermediates, but not too big for beginners. The E swell direction is a good match for the break’s optimum SE direction, so it should wrap in nicely.

After that, the surf fades back into the doldrums. There are a few mornings with clean offshore wind, like the 10th, but the swell is tiny and weak. The whole period is really a story of waiting for that one afternoon on the 5th.

So, to sum it up: if you’re desperate, you can mess around on the tiny glassy waves on the 28th, but the only real highlight is that Saturday afternoon on the 5th. Keep an eye on it, but don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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