Ocean City Surf Forecast

/ Maryland (8 breaks) / Maryland (8 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (38.40° N 75.06° W)

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Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 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 17.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 6AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (20 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

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

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		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	10	10	10	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	175	170	70	32	32	31	18	17	16	16	17	17	8	35	73	121	119	98	56	31	22	16	17	17
Wind (km/h)	S	WNW	WSW	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:33AM 1.33				7:45PM 1.20					8:09AM 1.34				8:23PM 1.17				8:43AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		1:19AM 0.02				1:45PM 0.04				1:56AM 0.02					2:25PM 0.03				2:32AM 0.05				3:05PM 0.04

		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-

Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	16	13	11	13	17	18	17	16	15	14	14	16	18	18	19	19	17	16	15	18	18	18	16
Feels °C (?)	14	10	7	3	5	8	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	13	14	12	12	10	12	10	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maryland

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Ocean City (light winds from the NW at BUOY-OCIM2 9 km from Ocean City). 2.3m 7s swell from the SSW with a 1.2m 6s windswell from the S and a 0.5m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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