Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 25 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Higgins Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Higgins Beach at 11PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)--
Afternoon (25 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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

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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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2
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.9
E
1.6
E
1.9
E
2.4
E
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.4
ESE
1
E
0.8
E
0.6
SSE
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)11456899910999999981010109988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19261523006409871221128211338096594562871629654372424158777
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
40
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
2.65
3:58AM
2.88
4:33PM
2.53
4:57AM
2.90
5:41PM
2.45
6:02AM
2.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:39PM
0.10
10:21AM
0.07
10:36PM
0.19
11:28AM
0.06
11:39PM
0.25
12:38PM
0.02
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise------7:03-------7:01-------7:01-
Sunset4:42-------4:43-------4:45-------
light snow
mod snow
mod snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-12-9-8-10-9-10-9-7-7-8-8-9-9-12-10-8-8-8-8-12-12-13-10-7
Feels °C (?)-19-18-18-21-18-19-18-15-14-15-15-15-17-19-16-14-15-16-16-20-19-19-16-13
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