Old Orchard Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.53° N 70.36° W

Old Orchard Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Old Orchard Beach sea temperature is
19.6° C
2.4° 

Old Orchard Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Old Orchard Beach today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Old Orchard Beach at 3PM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
16
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.1
SE
15
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.5
S
4
0.7
SSE
4
2.2
S
7
2.1
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
9
9
9
3
3
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
9
17
417
401
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
W
25
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:24PM2.94m
1:35AM3.31m
2:15PM2.96m
2:28AM3.18m
3:06PM2.95m
Low Tide
7:02AM-0.39m
7:13PM-0.05m
7:52AM-0.34m
8:07PM-0.02m
8:41AM-0.23m
9:03PM0.04m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:13
5:15
5:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:19
8:19
8:17
 mm
2
Temp °C
20
23
27
27
26
23
20
19
17
18
22
24
27
25
21
20
18
19
22
23
22
21
20
Feels °C
17
20
23
22
22
21
18
15
13
15
20
21
24
22
19
18
16
17
19
20
21
18
17
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