Old Orchard Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 43.53° N 70.36° W

Issued: 7 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Old Orchard Beach sea temperature is

15.1°C

Old Orchard Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Old Orchard Beach today (29 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Old Orchard Beach at 2PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (29 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (29 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 29							Wednesday 30								Thursday 1
	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)	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	195	140	120	126	122	101	101	80	80	80	80	77	58	58	59	59	59	57	40	40	40	27	23
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	SSW	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				1:19PM3.16m				1:51AM2.87m					2:02PM3.16m				2:40AM2.77m				2:52PM3.11m
Low Tide		7:01AM-0.02m				7:33PM-0.22m				7:45AM0.03m					8:21PM-0.18m				8:33AM0.12m				9:15PM-0.10m


	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	23	23	20	19
Feels °C	9	10	11	12	14	15	15	15	13	14	17	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	19	21	22	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	195	140	120	126	122	101	101	80	80	80	80	77	58	58	59	59	59	57	40	40	40	27	23
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	S 3	S 4	S 4	S 4	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12
kJ	15	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	4	4	3	3	16	16	16	2	2	3	3	14	14	14	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 14	SE 14	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 14	SE 14	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 8	SE 13	SSE 6	S 6	SE 7	SE 13	SSE 7	SE 13	ESE 12	S 12	—	S 7	S 12
kJ	8	8	6	5	5	8	7	7	7	7	2	7	3	3	2	6	5	6	14	3	—	1	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 3	N 3	N 3	N 3	N 3	N 4	—	NNE 3	NNE 4	—	—	—	—	—	S 2	SSW 3	SSW 4	—	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	S 4
kJ	3	5	3	1	3	7	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	—	5	4	9	16	19
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	77	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	140	175	69	35	35	35	35	35	35	69	35	35
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Rating (10 max)		2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	1	1	4	4	4	2	4	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	9	9	9	9	7	6	6	5	5	5

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