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Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Apr 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
6.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than 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: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
S
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SE
0.8
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)777767788888867747777855
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54382715119913121111111111111127101010992951
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
3.35
2:04PM
2.90
2:13AM
3.29
3:00PM
2.79
3:09AM
3.16
4:02PM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
-0.44
7:53PM
-0.02
8:36AM
-0.34
8:47PM
0.10
9:35AM
-0.21
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---5:50-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset------7:30-------7:30-------7:31-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------21---
Temp. °C321378543211444344223576
Feels °C (?)-2-4-4-311-2-2-2-3-3-2-1-3-3-4-3-2-5-4-3043
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