Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 05 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
8.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 2PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)666677787777777777777774
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1261391441701401349682563633231712121277881212715
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
10
NW
10
N
15
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
N
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
1.06
10:50PM
1.23
11:17AM
1.00
11:30PM
1.16
12:02PM
0.94
12:14AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
0.02
4:32PM
0.11
5:10AM
0.08
5:04PM
0.17
5:49AM
0.15
5:37PM
0.23
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise-6:39-------6:37-------6:35------
Sunset----7:25-------7:27-------7:28---
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-111222------------------
Temp. °C17161818131313965811131312108681010986
Feels °C (?)12111313121193-2-315810852113220-2
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