Ocean City Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.40° N 75.06° W

Ocean City 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ocean City sea temperature is
26.0° C
1.8° 

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 (15 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 1PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (15 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 31°C on Mon afternoon, min 23°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun night, calm by Mon night).

Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
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
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
S
6
0.4
SE
3
0.4
SSE
3
0.5
SE
3
0.7
SE
4
0.9
SSE
4
1.1
S
5
1.2
S
5
1
S
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.6
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
3
3
6
3
3
3
3
4
5
14
30
53
80
62
45
28
35
39
35
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
S
30
SSW
25
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
N
15
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
10:22AM1.35m
10:34PM1.33m
11:11AM1.32m
11:22PM1.23m
11:59AM1.29m
Low Tide
4:13AM-0.13m
4:29PM-0.02m
4:53AM-0.07m
5:15PM0.05m
5:33AM0.01m
6:02PM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:15
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:53
7:52
7:52
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
Temp °C
25
24
24
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
25
25
24
25
24
24
24
23
26
29
31
26
24
Feels °C
27
25
25
27
26
26
26
25
25
24
24
24
22
23
22
23
25
26
28
31
33
28
28
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