Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
0.6° C
(Which is 4.4°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: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.3
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
ENE
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)12111111114556666777777776676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9994116121153344750729411512911392613824171798443
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
20
E
25
E
25
SE
15
S
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
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
onononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
1.25
8:57PM
1.22
9:17AM
1.21
9:40PM
1.24
10:03AM
1.15
10:27PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
-0.09
2:59PM
-0.16
3:20AM
-0.09
3:34PM
-0.14
4:04AM
-0.06
4:12PM
-0.10
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:46-------6:45-------6:43------
Sunset----5:42-------5:43-------5:44---
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1961--1-------------
Temp. °C6446668888911121410976788665
Feels °C (?)1-1-120-12433688104321123220
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