Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
22.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 12PM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Afternoon (16 Sep)8ft (2.4m)9s
Evening (16 Sep)8ft (2.4m)8s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)999998888888888777777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6858239018888998398566824184432341691641371111078567675178746044
Wind
(km/h)
40
ENE
45
NE
45
NE
50
NE
50
NE
50
ENE
50
ENE
35
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
SW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34AM
1.04
3:59PM
1.25
4:41AM
1.07
5:04PM
1.26
5:43AM
1.13
6:01PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
0.20
10:49PM
0.12
10:50AM
0.16
11:43PM
0.07
11:45AM
0.12
12:30AM
0.03
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset----7:07-------7:05-------7:04---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
12114652111--1----21----
Temp. °C201919191919202222222222222121212121222222222223
Feels °C (?)141112121112141922222122232222232222212123242323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maryland

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Ocean City (moderate winds from the NE at BUOY-OCIM2 9 km from Ocean City). A 2.6m swell from the E

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22 km/h
NE
Cross-Shore
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