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Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 12 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
3.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Higgins Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Higgins Beach at 8PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)10101010108555456777776666875
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1125101096221312166014819317615213010766483738825042
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36PM
2.28
6:52AM
2.59
7:34PM
2.26
7:44AM
2.62
8:27PM
2.28
8:32AM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33AM
0.51
1:24PM
0.32
1:26AM
0.54
2:17PM
0.27
2:15AM
0.52
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:11-
Sunset4:25-------4:27-------4:28-------
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--11----
Temp. °C211000144544445454545542
Feels °C (?)-6-6-6-7-7-7-5-1-2-2-4-3-3-2-1-20011320-6
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