Ocean City Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

Ocean City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ocean City sea temperature is
25.6°C
2.9° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 12AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)--
Afternoon (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed night, light winds from the SW by Thu night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.5
S
4
0.5
S
4
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
E
8
0.6
S
4
0.9
S
4
1
S
4
1.1
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.2
SSW
5
1.2
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.8
S
6
1.1
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.7
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
8
8
7
7
7
6
9
28
40
50
73
87
81
57
41
85
23
35
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
High Tide
6:12PM1.39m
6:48AM1.27m
7:05PM1.42m
7:37AM1.35m
7:52PM1.43m
Low Tide
00:44AM-0.04m
12:52PM-0.01m
1:32AM-0.09m
1:44PM-0.05m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:20
7:17
7:15
 mm
Temp °C
25
24
24
24
23
23
24
25
25
24
24
24
23
23
25
30
31
27
26
Feels °C
24
22
23
23
22
22
22
22
21
21
21
20
20
20
23
29
31
30
29
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