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Cape Elizabeth surfForecast / Washington / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 PST
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Cape Elizabeth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape Elizabeth sea temperature is
8.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Elizabeth today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Elizabeth at 4AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (30 Jan)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (30 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Cape Elizabeth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212111111111716161515121212121817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)442149373987318332493085540945223477286722481820151013831469141513091392173123352296178724542492
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
20
SSW
15
S
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
2.06
9:36AM
2.86
11:34PM
2.22
10:35AM
2.93
12:16AM
2.36
11:28AM
2.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26AM
1.18
4:37PM
-0.26
4:28AM
1.05
5:25PM
-0.34
5:22AM
0.89
Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----7:45-------7:43-------7:43--
Sunset-------5:15-------5:16-------5:17
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
165--2981----62-----311421
Temp. °C101112121010101110101112101214151413111010111111
Feels °C (?)35652337767857910108667777
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