Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 EST
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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
2.5° 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 4PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (17 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)61111999111112121211111110101010108991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1530479612118830834933728822016412382543433192014161687
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
W
20
W
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
2.96
11:21PM
2.73
11:29AM
3.01
11:55PM
2.84
12:08PM
3.01
12:31AM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01PM
-0.12
5:10AM
0.02
5:37PM
-0.18
5:50AM
-0.09
6:13PM
-0.20
6:32AM
-0.16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:33-------6:33
Sunset--5:13-------5:15-------5:15-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C022211211220-1-2-2-2-122110-1-1
Feels °C (?)-4-3-2-2-3-4-4-4-3-2-2-5-7-7-7-6-5-1-2-3-4-4-5-5
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