Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 20 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
12.5° 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 5AM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
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
0.2
E
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)555556666665555344456666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)453116211516151510109555251017254331161712
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
0
NW
5
NW
0
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
N
25
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
1.30
7:36PM
1.04
7:50AM
1.28
8:13PM
1.01
8:24AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
0.06
1:42PM
0.01
1:38AM
0.08
2:22PM
0.02
2:15AM
0.11
3:00PM
0.04
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise---6:46-------6:47-------6:48----
Sunset------4:44-------4:43-------4:43-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------------1---52
Temp. °C7777788910101010111313141414151618151111
Feels °C (?)22344557988881091111111112151265
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