Ocean City Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

Ocean City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ocean City sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.4° 

Ocean City surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Ocean City today (05 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 4AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 70mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
9
0.6
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
9
1
S
5
1
S
5
1.1
SSE
5
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.9
SE
8
0.9
SE
8
1
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.9
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
1
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
55
34
36
50
49
47
47
66
66
67
120
100
78
68
68
145
145
166
141
123
120
103
103
103
103
103
90
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
20
SSW
15
NNE
10
SE
5
SSW
15
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
cross
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
4:16AM1.25m
4:31PM1.17m
5:06AM1.31m
5:22PM1.18m
5:51AM1.36m
6:07PM1.17m
6:32AM1.39m
Low Tide
10:06PM-0.00m
10:30AM0.06m
10:51PM-0.02m
11:20AM0.02m
11:34PM-0.03m
12:07PM-0.01m
00:15AM-0.02m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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3
4
5
1
4
41
12
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Temp °C
19
20
20
20
21
20
20
20
19
19
19
19
18
16
17
17
16
16
13
13
13
14
12
10
9
9
9
Feels °C
17
18
18
17
18
18
16
16
16
17
17
15
16
15
17
18
15
14
9
7
6
6
5
3
2
2
3
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