Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 13 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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.2°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 7AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.3
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)99955556666610105556666655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8160605661625762691285036313031475192983423313739
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
1.11
5:28PM
1.11
5:47AM
1.17
6:16PM
1.23
6:37AM
1.23
7:00PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53PM
0.22
11:21AM
0.10
11:45PM
0.13
12:05PM
0.03
12:36AM
0.04
12:49PM
-0.04
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise---6:26-------6:26-------6:24----
Sunset------7:34-------7:35-------7:36-
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131415151924252423212020232526242422212124272725
Feels °C (?)889101419211918181718202122192019181922252422
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