Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 15 Mar 2026 EDT
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Old Orchard Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Old Orchard Beach sea temperature is
2.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Old Orchard Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Old Orchard Beach at 5AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (15 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)3s

Table - waves today at Old Orchard Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
!
!
3
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.6
SE
2.1
SE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
4
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
Period(s) (?)7779799345567888910101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54483116118861837691964089331018143528764013441120581333967867884
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
10
W
5
N
5
ENE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
S
30
S
30
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
25
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:04PM
2.28
9:11AM
2.63
9:48PM
2.43
9:57AM
2.76
10:28PM
2.60
10:39AM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
0.51
3:28PM
0.23
3:35AM
0.35
4:08PM
0.10
4:18AM
0.17
4:46PM
-0.02
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:54-------6:52-------6:50----
Sunset------6:46-------6:47-------6:49-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------516210536------
Temp. °C1-1-2-200001234689101111102233-1
Feels °C (?)-6-8-7-5-4-5-6-6-5-4-3-21232334-6-7-6-5-10
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