Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 Feb 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
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 1PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (20 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SSE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ESE
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.7
E
2.2
E
Period(s) (?)9108888445656767777864567
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)157775410163630394747363167947058242156197434
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
SE
20
E
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:45PM
2.99
1:06AM
3.01
1:30PM
2.90
1:50AM
3.04
2:20PM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
-0.14
6:53PM
-0.16
7:18AM
-0.16
7:36PM
-0.09
8:08AM
-0.14
8:23PM
0.01
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:31-------6:31-------6:28------
Sunset----5:16-------5:17-------5:20---
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10122000-4-7-5-3-1-2-3-3-3-4-3-1-10-10
Feels °C (?)-3-4-2-1-2-6-6-7-12-15-11-8-6-8-9-9-9-10-9-7-9-9-10-10
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