Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 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
12.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 5PM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 19). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (19 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (19 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.1
E
0.3
SSE
0.1
E
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.6
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)41451355566666665555534455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4443533130312425251615999554819313544
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
30
NNW
35
N
30
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
1.06
7:15AM
1.30
7:36PM
1.04
7:50AM
1.28
8:13PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
0.02
1:00AM
0.06
1:42PM
0.01
1:38AM
0.08
2:22PM
0.02
2:15AM
0.11
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48
Sunset--4:45-------4:44-------4:43-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C108877666678999991012131213141516
Feels °C (?)621021223457767678989101113
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