Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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
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 12AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)--
Afternoon (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (04 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.3
E
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)555555888888871212125667767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44353237302338143175151109765050505069110169233266229135302
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
S
5
SW
5
W
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
2.97
11:36AM
3.08
11:59PM
2.98
12:18PM
2.99
12:37AM
2.96
12:59PM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
-0.24
5:23AM
-0.15
5:47PM
-0.19
6:06AM
-0.15
6:26PM
-0.09
6:48AM
-0.09
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:11-------6:09--
Sunset5:30-------5:32-------5:34-------
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-2-2-1-1-10136640-1-1020-1-1-1-1-2-2-2
Feels °C (?)-10-8-5-5-6-4-3-1431-4-5-5-5-2-7-8-9-8-7-9-9-9
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