Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 11 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
2.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Higgins Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Higgins Beach at 8AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (11 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (11 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
1
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
1.3
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)666656666678888888899956
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313325195013811663471303524263392461479967586265529961158
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
WSW
20
W
5
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossonglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
2.51
5:59PM
2.16
6:10AM
2.46
7:02PM
2.13
7:12AM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53PM
0.59
11:44AM
0.45
11:50PM
0.67
12:47PM
0.49
12:51AM
0.69
1:49PM
0.47
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise---7:01-------6:58-------6:56----
Sunset------6:40-------6:43-------6:44-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------112---------
Temp. °C161062112346898430-1-2-3-30330
Feels °C (?)1461-4-6-4-1022242-21-6-9-9-11-9-6-4-5-9
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