Maine Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Maine, USA)

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Maine Beach Surf Guide

Maine Beach in Maine is an exposed beach break that has quite consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Works best in offshore winds from the west. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the ideal swell direction is from the southeast. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Best around mid tide. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Take care of rips and rocks.

Maine Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	1	fairly consistent	7.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Maine Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Maine Beach occur when a Southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West.

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What's the best time of year to surf Maine Beach (for consistent clean waves)?

augustBest Season: summer

The best time of year for surfing Maine Beach with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Summer and most often the month of August. Clean surfable waves are typically found 40% of the time in August while 41% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 19% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

40%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

41%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

19%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Maine Beach Location Map

Interactive Maine Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Maine Beach is Portland International Jetport Airport (PWM) in USA, 49 km (30 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Maine Beach is Laurence G Hanscom Fld (Bedford) Airport (BED), also in USA, 105 km (65 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Maine Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 10:22 Local Time

m, °C	Thursday 07
ft, °F	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Wave (m)	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off

Tides at Maine Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Wells, Webhannet River, Maine, 7 km from Maine Beach.

Next High Water: 04:04pm | 2.35m

Next Low Water: 09:49pm | 0.61m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Maine Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (7.5 °C) at Maine Beach is very cold. Despite the sun, surfers will need to wear a good steamer wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots. Relatively mild air temperatures and a windchill factor of (13.0 °C).

Today, many surfers would wear a winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.