As a guess, try this:

use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.10.0;

use Text::Wrap qw(wrap);

$Text::Wrap::columns = 30;

my $text =<<'END';
this splits exactly at 30 chars, whether or not it is in the middle of
+ the string

I would like to split at 30 or the nearest word boundary 
Is this possible or do I need to do some voodoo on split?
END


say wrap('', '', $text); # first arg is indendation of first line
                         # second arg is indendation of subsequent lin
+es
                         # third arg of course the text

__END__
Prints:
this splits exactly at 30
chars, whether or not it is
in the middle of the string

I would like to split at 30
or the nearest word boundary 
Is this possible or do I need
to do some voodoo on split?
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