Ocean City Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

Ocean City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ocean City sea temperature is
19.4°C
0.5° 

Ocean City surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Ocean City today (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 7PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (06 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Ocean City. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NNE
5
0.6
NNE
6
0.3
ENE
8
0.3
E
8
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
ENE
8
0.3
ENE
8
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
ENE
7
0.2
ENE
7
0.2
E
7
0.2
E
7
0.5
S
3
0.6
S
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.5
S
4
0.4
S
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.1
SE
9
0.4
SE
7
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
20
11
10
8
11
11
6
5
5
4
4
5
9
11
13
9
6
6
3
14
Wind (km/h)
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
5
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:57PM1.27m
5:37AM1.23m
5:54PM1.30m
6:29AM1.32m
6:45PM1.32m
Low Tide
10:50AM0.12m
11:32PM0.01m
11:46AM0.05m
00:20AM-0.04m
12:38PM0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
13
14
14
15
14
14
14
14
16
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25
24
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Feels °C
8
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12
12
12
12
11
12
11
12
12
12
13
14
14
17
22
23
22
23
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