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Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 EDT
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Higgins Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Higgins Beach sea temperature is
2.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Higgins Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Higgins Beach at 4PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

Table - waves today at Higgins Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
1.3
S
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010109999999588888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3693282792732362222121831591561321078769686654546910813113710176
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
ESE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
NW
5
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
NW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
2.98
11:38PM
2.95
11:58AM
3.04
12:16AM
3.10
12:41PM
3.06
12:57AM
3.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
-0.09
5:45AM
-0.15
6:05PM
-0.16
6:28AM
-0.27
6:45PM
-0.17
7:13AM
-0.34
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-------6:47-------6:45-------6:43
Sunset--6:50-------6:51-------6:52-----
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------393-
Temp. °C-4-2-3-2-10000112200023444331
Feels °C (?)-9-8-10-9-8-7-6-6-8-7-6-6-6-7-5-3-1-2-1-10-1-1-4
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