Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 10 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
1.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Higgins Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Higgins Beach at 7AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (10 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
1.4
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
1.8
SSE
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)666558855666566667788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64895945322626233034262010492583625642749143826418112369
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
ENE
15
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
ENE
10
SE
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
2.60
5:01PM
2.26
5:11AM
2.51
5:59PM
2.16
6:10AM
2.46
7:02PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
0.48
10:47AM
0.35
10:53PM
0.59
11:44AM
0.45
11:50PM
0.67
12:47PM
0.49
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------6:58----
Sunset------6:39-------6:40-------6:43-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C11111213151820181585211245710136540
Feels °C (?)6689121416161441-4-5-4-101157-2-3-4-7
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