Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
0.6° C
(Which is 4.4°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 7PM is: 1.1m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.8
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
ENE
0.2
S
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)111111455666777777777766663
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1165915346568074104115128111945843231599944835
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
15
E
20
E
25
SE
5
E
10
S
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
15
E
20
ENE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
1.25
8:57PM
1.22
9:17AM
1.21
9:40PM
1.24
10:03AM
1.15
10:27PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:59PM
-0.16
3:20AM
-0.09
3:34PM
-0.14
4:04AM
-0.06
4:12PM
-0.10
4:51AM
-0.01
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:45-------6:43-------6:41
Sunset--5:42-------5:43-------5:44-----
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1118---42--------------
Temp. °C466678888712131297689965556
Feels °C (?)-120-21443658106322234200-11
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