Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 18 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 6AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111111010101010999999988888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)891752568445369328279273236222212208159156152107102846855545490141
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
20
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
5
WSW
10
E
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
15
S
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
2.77
11:21AM
2.96
11:43PM
2.94
12:03PM
3.02
12:22AM
3.08
12:46PM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
-0.00
5:24PM
-0.12
5:44AM
-0.16
6:03PM
-0.18
6:27AM
-0.28
6:43PM
-0.20
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:48-------6:47-------6:45----
Sunset------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-5-5-5-5-3-2-2-1-1-1-1-1111120-105764
Feels °C (?)-14-12-12-11-8-7-9-8-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-6-7-4221-1
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