Wildwood Crest Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. To be honest, looking at the whole 16-day window for Wildwood Crest, there really isn't much to get excited about. We've got a string of flat to tiny days ahead, and the conditions just aren't lining up to produce anything rideable. The water is an incredibly warm 78°F right now, which is over five degrees warmer than usual for this time of year – that's very unusual and feels more like a bath than the Atlantic.

The first whole week is a write-off. From now through to about the 12th of September, the swell barely tickles 3ft, and most of it is under 2ft with weak energy. The combined energy readings are all well under 100, struggling in the single and low double digits – just no power behind it. Even though we get a few windows of clean, offshore wind (like Tuesday morning the 8th with a light WNW breeze), with a 0.7ft swell from the east, you'd be dragging your fins across the sandbar. The period is all over the place, too short to matter.

Around the 10th of September, Thursday morning, we see a tiny spike to 4ft from the SSW with a cross-offshore wind, which sounds promising, but it's a short-period 5-second windswell, and the water comment flags it as poor. The energy only hits 91, so it's still weak. It's the same story that afternoon, just more onshore and choppy.

We drift into the second week with no improvement. From the 13th right through to the 21st of September, the pattern holds: tiny waves, generally onshore or cross-onshore winds, and most sessions are described as flat or poor. There's a brief moment on Tuesday morning the 15th with a WNW breeze and a 1ft SE swell, but that's it. The conditions stay clean now and then, but with no swell to work with, the sandbar stays dry. The few times the swell tries to build a little – like Thursday the 17th – the period is a messy 4 to 5 seconds.

There are no standouts here. Not even a marginal one. It's a flat spell that looks set to last the full 16 days.

Rusty

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