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Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 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
4.8° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 11AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.1
E
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)8888777779987710445593455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1731331017447281995233212064426153474
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
35
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:34AM
1.05
1:44PM
0.89
2:23AM
1.05
2:38PM
0.84
3:15AM
1.05
3:36PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.19
8:05PM
0.12
8:55AM
0.18
8:58PM
0.14
9:49AM
0.15
9:47PM
0.13
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset----4:59-------5:00-------5:00---
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
513---------------------
Temp. °C119766421-1-104556534467877
Feels °C (?)952-1-4-7-9-10-10-9-7-2-1-2-1-1-2-1-1-1110-2
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