Ocean City Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

Ocean City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ocean City sea temperature is
25.0°C
1.9° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 10AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (01 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Tue afternoon, min 23°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
0.6
ESE
11
0.6
ESE
11
0.6
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
12
12
12
7
17
38
37
65
79
78
72
65
64
63
43
41
40
32
31
30
19
18
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
E
10
ESE
5
SSW
0
WNW
10
NE
10
SE
10
SSW
5
S
10
S
20
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:58AM1.32m
11:24PM1.15m
11:48AM1.31m
00:21AM1.09m
12:45PM1.30m
Low Tide
4:47AM0.00m
5:26PM0.10m
5:26AM0.05m
6:18PM0.15m
6:13AM0.11m
7:24PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:30
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:29
7:27
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
28
30
31
28
27
26
26
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
25
29
31
30
25
Feels °C
27
28
31
30
30
27
28
29
29
27
25
26
24
26
27
27
29
27
28
32
35
33
24
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