Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
9.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 12PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109999999999555566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27425019618818618614817714013713713410881816160534345608280126
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
NW
30
N
25
N
20
N
15
N
10
NE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
1.05
3:36PM
0.93
3:53AM
1.07
4:34PM
1.00
4:53AM
1.11
5:28PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
0.23
9:55PM
0.30
10:35AM
0.17
10:53PM
0.22
11:21AM
0.10
11:45PM
0.13
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:30-------6:28-------6:26------
Sunset----7:31-------7:32-------7:34---
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C13151214161513129889101112131414182223222221
Feels °C (?)10126811111094334545688131718171919
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