Ocean City Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

Ocean City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ocean City sea temperature is
24.7° C
0.6° 

Ocean City surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Ocean City today (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 1AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (06 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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
Period (s)
0.8
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
S
6
0.9
SSE
4
1
S
5
1
S
5
1
S
6
1.1
S
6
0.8
SSE
6
1
S
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.9
S
5
1
S
5
1
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
44
31
39
48
42
43
36
31
32
45
53
64
77
42
62
31
39
44
52
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:32AM1.06m
2:03PM1.28m
2:35AM1.03m
3:05PM1.30m
Low Tide
7:38PM0.22m
7:32AM0.12m
8:55PM0.21m
8:45AM0.14m
10:07PM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:06
8:05
8:04
 mm
1
Temp °C
27
26
27
26
26
25
27
29
29
27
27
27
27
26
29
30
30
27
27
Feels °C
27
25
28
28
28
27
28
29
29
27
28
28
29
27
31
30
30
27
27
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