Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 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
4.1° 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 12PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.3
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.3
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)664456665555556669999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6693767152175104554029446110214613597789898126135132123
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:33AM
2.54
5:25PM
2.21
5:28AM
2.49
6:21PM
2.21
6:27AM
2.48
7:19PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58AM
0.39
11:05PM
0.67
11:53AM
0.43
12:03AM
0.67
12:50PM
0.42
1:03AM
0.61
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:09-------6:07-------6:05------
Sunset----7:16-------7:17-------7:19---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1044353112913141413129791010754
Feels °C (?)-4-6-3-3-4-2-4-5-5-4479998523432-10
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