Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 09 Feb 2026 EST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
1.2° C
(Which is 4.0°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 1PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (09 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (09 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)111111121212121211111111111010111110566977
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11815212322822413713213012387865957353425221981011834
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WNW
25
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.85
1:35AM
1.01
1:55PM
0.81
2:28AM
1.00
2:56PM
0.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
0.20
7:04PM
0.19
8:09AM
0.22
8:08PM
0.22
9:11AM
0.20
9:09PM
0.21
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise-6:58-------6:56-------6:54------
Sunset----5:30-------5:31-------5:32---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C-12-13-10-5-3-4-3-2-101234687344531-1
Feels °C (?)-21-21-18-13-10-10-8-7-6-6-5-4-3-2-123-3-6-6-5-7-9-11
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