Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
5.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 2AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.9
S
1
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
ENE
0.2
ESE
1
NNE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)845667777979696776661010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2832501341766865402826152116877523628161718525229
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
5
WSW
15
SW
25
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
25
N
10
ENE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
1.36
11:47AM
1.10
12:04AM
1.30
12:48PM
1.05
1:06AM
1.25
1:52PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53PM
-0.07
5:42AM
-0.04
5:40PM
0.00
6:40AM
0.03
6:36PM
0.09
7:50AM
0.09
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----6:58-------6:58-------6:56--
Sunset7:13-------7:14-------7:15-------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----2111---------------
Temp. °C161416151312778964222333344466
Feels °C (?)129121510823-12-3-5-8-6-5-2-3-2-2-1-1020
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