Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 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
5.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 4AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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 (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)77791010999999444455566667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4142435872514943282828281721223852748375921056650
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
W
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
1.25
1:52PM
1.01
2:11AM
1.20
2:58PM
1.00
3:19AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:36PM
0.09
7:50AM
0.09
7:50PM
0.15
9:06AM
0.11
9:10PM
0.17
10:14AM
0.08
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:54-------6:52--
Sunset7:15-------7:15-------7:16-------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C223344566791112121416171617161516178
Feels °C (?)-4-3-2-3-1-1000046778911111211911152
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