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Higgins Beach ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.5
Consistency of surf: 2.8
Difficulty level: 4.0
Wind and kite surfing: 1.0
Crowds: 2.0

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Higgins Beach Surf Forecast / United-States – Maine / USA

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 19 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012

Higgins Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Rating 2
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Energy
Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 2.0
E
2.3
ENE
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.5
ENE
0.8
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.0
S
Period (s) (?) 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 9 12 12 12 12 8 8 6 6 6
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

(?)
Max-energy 739 959 400 234 320 89 20 10 8 14 14 14 21 11 45 119 85 84
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE 25
NNE 30
NNE 20
NNE 15
NNE 15
NE 10
SSE 10
WSW 5
ENE 10
SE 5
W 5
SSW 20
S 15
SW 15
SW 25
S 30
SW 25
SW
Wind State (?) cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass cross-
off
cross cross-
on
cross-
off
cross cross-
on
cross-
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cross cross cross
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Higgins Beach blow from the NW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
3.55
12:24PM
3.07

12:35AM
3.53
1:19PM
3.07

1:29AM
3.44

2:13PM
3.03
2:24AM
3.31

3:08PM
2.97
3:21AM
3.14

4:04PM
2.91



Low Tide
/ height (m)

6:08AM
-0.53
6:19PM
-0.14

7:02AM
-0.51
7:14PM
-0.10

7:56AM
-0.43

8:10PM
-0.03
8:49AM
-0.31

9:07PM
0.07
9:43AM
-0.16




 

Note: the tide data above is for Richmond Island, Maine which is 4 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Higgins Beach. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Higgins Beach sea temperature is 14.9 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 11.4 max: 13.5 min: 9.0 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sun afternoon, light winds from the NNE by Tue night). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
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  light rain rain showers light rain cloud rain showers clear rain showers rain showers clear rain showers clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Summary light rain rain shwrs light rain cloudy rain shwrs clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) 3 4 1 - 1 - 2 1 - 2 - - - - - - - -
High °C 13 12 11 13 13 13 14 12 14 14 13 17 18 16 21 24 22 23
Low °C 11 9 10 13 9 11 13 11 12 14 12 14 18 16 18 24 17 19
Chill °C (?) 11 10 8 11 12 12 14 10 14 13 12 17 18 15 21 24 22 23
Sunrise - 5:00 - - 5:00 - - 5:00 - - 5:00 - - 4:58 - - 4:58 -
Sunset - - 20:17 - - 20:19 - - 20:20 - - 20:20 - - 20:21 - - 20:21
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Higgins Beach is 9 km (6 miles) from South Portland Gardens. If you plan a vacation in Maine, look for hotels and other accommodation in South Portland Gardens. South Portland Gardens has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.