Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
0.6° C
(Which is 4.4°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 1AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.6
ESE
1.2
E
1.3
ESE
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)455567677777777777666633
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2556756783171191138162100644934159994433359
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
35
NE
25
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
35
ENE
50
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
1.22
9:17AM
1.21
9:40PM
1.24
10:03AM
1.15
10:27PM
1.24
10:56AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:59PM
-0.16
3:20AM
-0.09
3:34PM
-0.14
4:04AM
-0.06
4:12PM
-0.10
4:51AM
-0.01
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:45-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset5:42-------5:43-------5:44-------
cloud
heavy rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-138---106--------------43
Temp. °C667788991113129767998765545
Feels °C (?)0-11344656954210455310-1-4-6
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