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Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 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
4.2° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 8PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (28 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (28 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)16s

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

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)9111111161616151514111111111616171516161615154
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6555555444222255655554417
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
WNW
20
NNW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:26PM
0.94
3:55AM
1.23
4:36PM
0.98
5:01AM
1.29
5:38PM
1.06
5:59AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
0.03
9:38PM
-0.00
10:44AM
-0.04
10:40PM
-0.05
11:41AM
-0.11
11:39PM
-0.10
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise--------7:07-------7:07-------
Sunset--5:16-------5:17-------5:19-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-8-6-5-6-6-7-9-11-10-7-7-7-7-9-10-11-11-9-7-8-8-7-8-8
Feels °C (?)-16-12-11-10-13-15-19-21-20-17-17-15-15-17-18-19-18-16-13-15-14-14-16-16
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