Old Orchard Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.53° N 70.36° W

Old Orchard Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Old Orchard Beach sea temperature is
17.4° C
0.1° 

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 (20 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Old Orchard Beach at 5AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (20 Jul)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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
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
1
1
1
1
0
1
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
8
0.3
SSE
8
0.3
SSE
8
0.3
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
S
4
1
S
5
1
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.6
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
1
SSE
5
1.2
SSE
5
1.4
SE
6
1.6
SE
6
1.7
SSE
7
1.7
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.7
SSE
7
1.8
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
12
12
13
21
17
29
48
54
42
23
16
25
46
72
126
201
269
277
237
222
248
358
390
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:18AM2.81m
4:50PM2.86m
5:15AM2.62m
5:42PM2.80m
6:12AM2.47m
6:34PM2.73m
Low Tide
10:22AM0.09m
10:58PM0.20m
11:13AM0.26m
11:57PM0.27m
12:06PM0.41m
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:18
5:18
5:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:15
8:15
8:15
 mm
4
6
2
1
Temp °C
17
16
18
23
24
22
20
19
18
17
17
20
21
20
18
18
20
19
19
24
24
22
22
21
Feels °C
14
14
16
21
21
18
16
16
15
15
16
18
18
17
17
17
20
19
19
24
24
21
23
20
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