Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.1°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 1AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)888811111199999999988788877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3422212118181840395150626262627311750667575575449
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24PM
2.87
8:17AM
2.51
8:33PM
2.88
9:17AM
2.59
9:32PM
2.93
10:09AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
0.12
2:05PM
0.37
2:56AM
0.08
3:08PM
0.28
3:49AM
0.03
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:22-------6:24--
Sunset6:50-------6:47-------6:46-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717161515171918171615151520232319191917172021
Feels °C (?)181617151415161716161514141419212219191715151717
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maine

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Old Orchard Beach (calm at Pleasant Hill wx 10 km from Old Orchard Beach). 0.4m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.2m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.2m 10s swell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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ESE
Clean
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