Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 EST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
2.2° 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 5PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
1
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.7
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)121111111111556666666666644777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171127916240374582911099880685666533020121318171919
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
30
NW
20
WNW
10
SW
25
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SW
15
NE
20
NE
35
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
0.96
1:21AM
1.18
2:05PM
0.94
2:31AM
1.17
3:17PM
0.95
3:43AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
0.10
6:58PM
0.09
8:20AM
0.10
8:18PM
0.10
9:30AM
0.06
9:29PM
0.07
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:35
Sunset--5:46-------5:47-------5:49-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C-2-11113333677877754210000
Feels °C (?)-12-10-6-4-6-6-7-7-6-3-1122351-2-6-5-6-5-4-4
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