Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 24 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 slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Old Orchard Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Old Orchard Beach at 12AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 24). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (25 Mar)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
4
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
1
S
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.8
S
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
2.1
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.9
SSE
2.5
S
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)9999681088455666777788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1211584228382117111137556412111416740322523838371247537019799
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
10
S
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
2.62
4:22AM
2.97
5:15PM
2.50
5:29AM
2.86
6:26PM
2.44
6:41AM
2.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58PM
0.19
10:49AM
-0.04
11:03PM
0.31
11:57AM
0.06
12:13AM
0.38
1:10PM
0.10
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:33-------6:31--
Sunset6:58-------6:59-------7:00-------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------12---162121-
Temp. °C212200588563348121310887544
Feels °C (?)-5-6-4-5-7-7-222-10-4-5-2371187650-4-4
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