Ocean City surf break

Ocean City surfForecast / Maryland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 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
6.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ocean City today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean City at 1PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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 (?)
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
NE
0.8
NNE
0.2
ESE
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)445555666677666449677766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22333436609010412313710473453323139157132122221211
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
35
NNE
30
N
20
NNE
15
ENE
5
NE
10
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
1.20
2:58PM
1.00
3:19AM
1.18
4:06PM
1.03
4:28AM
1.18
5:11PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
0.11
9:10PM
0.17
10:14AM
0.08
10:20PM
0.13
11:11AM
0.03
11:21PM
0.08
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise-6:54-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset----7:16-------7:17-------7:19---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------12441---------
Temp. °C1312151819181718171696545531156666
Feels °C (?)8710121312101212132-1-1021-6-9-9-5-3011
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