Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
9.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
ESE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)899101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)113125133179186235240240245235245245320204196196200200190151148117146143
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
0
ESE
5
WNW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
W
30
NNW
30
N
25
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
1.05
2:38PM
0.89
2:53AM
1.05
3:36PM
0.93
3:53AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
0.34
8:39AM
0.27
8:44PM
0.34
9:42AM
0.23
9:55PM
0.30
10:35AM
0.17
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:30-------6:28--
Sunset7:30-------7:30-------7:31-------
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C66788810121313141415119121414141311101010
Feels °C (?)124676878779115269101097554
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