Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 Mar 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
1.7° C
(Which is 2.9°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 1PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (01 Mar)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.7
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)777665556666666998845666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)312626171421315372838360574138403628704565688591
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
25
N
25
N
30
N
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
E
10
ESE
15
E
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
1.29
6:18PM
1.19
6:35AM
1.33
7:04PM
1.25
7:19AM
1.33
7:47PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
-0.12
12:22AM
-0.10
1:01PM
-0.16
1:11AM
-0.12
1:44PM
-0.18
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:31-------6:31-------6:28------
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:53---
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------3321---
Temp. °C99632320-1-3-3-2-3-3-2-10469107810
Feels °C (?)550-4-6-2-4-8-9-12-11-8-8-8-8-7-6-1258457
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