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Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 30 Jan 2026 EST
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Ocean City surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ocean City sea temperature is
3.1° C
 (Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 12PM is: 0.1m 16s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 30). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)17s
Afternoon (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.3
NNE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)16161711161616151515151014105181778910101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55625554444242736679150197262302319274
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
N
25
NNE
35
N
45
NNE
50
N
50
N
50
NNW
50
NNW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
1.29
5:38PM
1.06
5:59AM
1.34
6:33PM
1.13
6:51AM
1.38
7:23PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:41AM
-0.11
11:39PM
-0.10
12:34PM
-0.17
12:35AM
-0.15
1:24PM
-0.22
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--7:07-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset----5:19-------5:20-------5:22---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C-9-11-11-9-8-9-9-10-10-11-10-8-7-7-6-7-7-8-9-7-5-4-6-8
Feels °C (?)-17-20-20-18-16-17-17-18-17-19-18-17-15-17-18-20-20-21-22-19-17-15-17-19
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