Old Orchard Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.53° N 70.36° W

Old Orchard Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Old Orchard Beach sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Old Orchard Beach today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Old Orchard Beach at 12AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (27 Sep)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (27 Sep)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 59mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat night, min 10°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
ESE
10
3
ESE
10
3
E
10
3.5
E
9
3.5
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
2.5
E
9
2.5
E
9
2.4
E
9
2.3
E
8
2.1
E
8
1.7
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1898
1569
1858
2005
1847
1628
1556
1521
1395
1164
1190
1192
1279
1108
951
856
716
572
382
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:43PM2.95m
12:00PM3.02m
00:24AM2.96m
12:38PM3.11m
Low Tide
5:24PM-0.02m
5:42AM-0.02m
6:06PM-0.13m
6:21AM-0.04m
6:48PM-0.20m
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:33
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6:33
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6:31
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6:30
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6:28
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 mm
1
1
7
5
4
2
3
2
3
4
3
2
2
1
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1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
16
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
11
10
10
10
11
12
Feels °C
13
10
7
8
7
7
7
7
7
8
7
8
7
6
5
5
5
7
9
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