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Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 Jan 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
4.4° C
 (Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)
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How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 10PM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
S
1.8
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)666663344555555545777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44333361531364032542015262982278124111967056
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
W
5
N
15
E
20
SSE
30
S
35
SSW
20
SSW
10
W
10
NNW
15
N
20
NW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58PM
1.09
12:05PM
1.04
12:46AM
1.07
12:54PM
0.95
1:34AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
-0.05
5:53AM
0.10
6:20PM
0.03
6:52AM
0.16
7:12PM
0.09
7:55AM
0.19
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------7:16-------7:16-------7:16-
Sunset4:55-------4:57-------4:58-------
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1-3211-84766-
Temp. °C898888101214171716151312131314131212996
Feels °C (?)4644445710131414151210108910111154-1
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