Ocean City Surf Forecast

/ Maryland (8 breaks) / Maryland (8 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (38.40° N 75.06° W)

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Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 21 Aug 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 24.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 4PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 2.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	16s
Evening (21 Aug)	6ft (1.9m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 21					Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	18	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	5160	5210	3678	2445	1576	2430	1258	986	875	771	676	635	559	489	496	437	390	411	408	365	330	288	239	223
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	E	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				7:09PM 1.39				7:41AM 1.22				7:55PM 1.40					8:26AM 1.26				8:37PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		12:50PM 0.05				1:41AM -0.03				1:42PM 0.03					2:26AM -0.05				2:30PM 0.02				3:06AM -0.05

	Thursday 21					Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	22	22	21	20	19	19	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24
Feels °C (?)	16	14	14	17	19	18	16	16	16	19	21	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maryland

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Ocean City (strong winds from the NNE at BUOY-OCIM2 9 km from Ocean City). 3.6m 17s long period groundswell from the SE with a 2.7m 8s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 7 minutes ago Ocean City

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1 h 7 min ago

39 km/h

NNE

Cross-Shore

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