Higgins Beach surf break

Higgins Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 27 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
2.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Higgins Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Higgins Beach at 4PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
S
0.8
SSE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)988811101085566677775777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302623232359542768114113110402653331815112333332625
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
30
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
2.88
7:57PM
2.50
8:12AM
2.97
8:58PM
2.64
9:12AM
3.06
9:51PM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
0.01
1:51AM
0.25
2:42PM
-0.09
2:53AM
0.12
3:36PM
-0.19
3:48AM
-0.01
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:18-------6:16
Sunset--5:25-------5:28-------5:29-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
light snow
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C-5-2-110000135540-2-3-3-3-2-5-9-11-13-14
Feels °C (?)-9-8-8-5-6-6-6-7-7-5-110-6-9-10-8-8-8-14-19-20-21-21
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