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Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 12 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
2.5° 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 7PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (12 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
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)
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.4
S
1.9
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)7778888899995677777811101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)208163118816754616465535555106281397297269171919588632010
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
10
NNW
15
W
20
NNW
15
NW
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
35
WNW
25
NW
20
W
20
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
2.13
7:12AM
2.46
8:03PM
2.18
8:12AM
2.53
8:57PM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
0.49
12:51AM
0.69
1:49PM
0.47
1:53AM
0.63
2:44PM
0.38
2:48AM
0.52
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset--6:43-------6:44-------6:45-----
cloud
light rain
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-----------52---------
Temp. °C7410-1-3-3-30232133246510-2-2-3
Feels °C (?)01-4-6-7-9-10-9-5-5-5-6-7-3-4-5-3-1-4-7-7-9-7-7
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