Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 23 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
2.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Old Orchard Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Old Orchard Beach at 7AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
E
1.9
ENE
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)777677788889999999988844
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1391258411715816123139732427323521418412399574329191811111417
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SW
20
W
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
10
WSW
15
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
3.18
3:09PM
2.77
3:21AM
3.09
4:08PM
2.62
4:22AM
2.97
5:15PM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
-0.08
8:49AM
-0.28
9:01PM
0.05
9:45AM
-0.16
9:58PM
0.19
10:49AM
-0.04
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:39-------6:37-------6:35----
Sunset------6:55-------6:58-------6:59-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C00-1-201110-1-2-3122222-104887
Feels °C (?)-6-6-8-9-7-5-4-3-5-6-7-8-3-3-4-4-4-5-7-6-2333
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