Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 16 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
2.3° 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 6PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (16 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (16 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
!
0
0
!
!
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)788891010101010101111111110101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)479760853104317203699379823141341926836777738615505428328284279213125128163159
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
10
SE
25
S
30
S
40
S
45
S
40
SSW
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
2.76
10:28PM
2.60
10:39AM
2.87
11:06PM
2.77
11:21AM
2.96
11:43PM
2.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.10
4:18AM
0.17
4:46PM
-0.02
5:01AM
-0.00
5:24PM
-0.12
5:44AM
-0.16
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:48-------6:47
Sunset--6:47-------6:49-------6:50-----
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
20333651-----------------
Temp. °C56991012124221-2-5-6-5-6-3-1000000
Feels °C (?)4443345-4-8-8-9-11-14-14-12-13-9-7-5-5-5-6-5-5
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