Surf Forecasts:
Ocean City - 8th Street surf forecast from 7 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 13 Jul, 11AM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period, E swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 13 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period, E swell with 345 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 7 Jul, 5AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Ocean City - 8th Street this week:
The surf forecast for Ocean City - 8th Street over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 07) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 6s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 4s. Another secondary swell of 0.3m and 10s is also forecast. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Ocean City - 8th Street in the next 16 days are 1.7m 8s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 13) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 3s period and expected on Friday (Jul 10) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Tue 7th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 11AM (Mon 13th Jul) | 6ft (1.8m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Mon 13th Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Ocean City - 8th Street over the next 16 days.
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Alright, mate, let’s talk about Ocean City – 8th Street. The whole 16-day window is a mixed bag, and to be honest, it’s mostly a flat, choppy mess right now. The water is running much warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s a full 6°F warmer than average, so you’ll notice the difference when you paddle out. The first real chance of anything decent doesn’t roll around until Monday 13 July, and even then it’s a short-lived window. After that, we’re back to small, wind-affected slop until the very end, when a glassy morning on Sunday 19 July might offer a tiny window for a longboard or a foiler.
Let’s break it down day by day.
From now (Monday 6 July) through the rest of this week, it’s pretty grim. Monday afternoon gives you 1ft of weak SE swell with an 8-second period, and onshore ESE wind at 9 mph – that’s poor surf, no two ways about it. Tuesday and Wednesday stay tiny, cross-shore winds, bumpy conditions. Thursday and Friday are still tiny, though Friday afternoon (10 July) sees a slight improvement: 2.3ft from the south, period 7 seconds, and a clean cross-off westerly breeze. It’s surfable but
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 19°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the ENE by Sun morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | |||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | SE 10 | E 7 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 5 | S 7 | SSE 7 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | E 5 | E 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 14 | 25 | 41 | 41 | 60 | 45 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 37 | 53 | 289 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 1:37AM1.11m | 2:14PM1.19m | 2:31AM1.07m | 3:10PM1.23m | 3:33AM1.04m | 4:13PM1.29m | 4:43AM1.03m | 5:20PM1.36m | 5:54AM1.06m | 6:23PM1.43m | 6:58AM1.12m | 7:21PM1.50m | 7:55AM1.18m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 7:30PM0.26m | 7:50AM0.12m | 8:40PM0.26m | 8:49AM0.12m | 9:51PM0.22m | 9:51AM0.10m | 10:56PM0.16m | 10:52AM0.07m | 11:57PM0.09m | 11:51AM0.04m | 00:56AM0.02m | 12:51PM0.01m | 1:55AM-0.05m | 1:52PM-0.02m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 |
 | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:24 | — | 8:24 |
mm | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 19 | 7 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 |
Feels °C | 29 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 5 | SSE 5 | SE 10 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SE 9 | S 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | S 4 | E 7 | E 7 | S 5 | SSE 5 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SE 10 | ENE 5 | SE 6 | S 7 |
| kJ | 7 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 4 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 9 | SE 10 | S 5 | SE 10 | SE 9 | S 6 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 9 | E 7 | S 4 | ESE 10 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SE 9 | ENE 4 | S 7 | S 7 | SE 10 | — |
| kJ | 14 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 11 | SE 5 | SE 5 | E 10 | E 9 | — | SE 10 | SE 9 | E 10 | SE 10 | SSE 7 | — | ESE 10 | SE 10 | E 8 | SE 10 | E 8 | E 8 | S 6 | — |
| kJ | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 14 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 9 | — | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 6 | — | — | S 3 | S 4 | — | S 7 | WNW 2 | — | ENE 3 | SE 3 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | E 5 | E 7 |
| kJ | 8 | 25 | 41 | 41 | 60 | 45 | 35 | — | — | 4 | 7 | — | 45 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 24 | 37 | 53 | 289 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 2429 | 11 | 23 | 184 | 4 | 46 | 304 | 52 | 366 | 295 | 11 | 106 | 0 | 24 | 127 | 1094 | 346 | 653 | 461 | 8 | 0 |
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