Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 19 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
12.1° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 8AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)6s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.2
E
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)445566667788877777756578
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)223025402819157117111111555555192012416
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
S
15
SW
25
WNW
50
NW
40
NW
30
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
SW
20
SSW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
N
15
NE
15
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscrossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10PM
1.51
9:45AM
1.24
9:59PM
1.49
10:41AM
1.19
10:54PM
1.43
11:41AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
-0.15
3:51PM
-0.08
4:41AM
-0.12
4:39PM
-0.03
5:33AM
-0.06
5:31PM
0.04
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---6:18-------6:16-------6:16----
Sunset------7:39-------7:40-------7:40-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141617169871110910891010987655666
Feels °C (?)10121512-2-1066651100010-1-2-200-1
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