Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 19 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
2.9° 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 11PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
1.2
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.8
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)998888888667787788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1521261026968685478419116032019318671558273696955453536
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
15
W
5
WNW
5
S
20
SSE
30
S
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
10
W
0
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
3.08
12:46PM
3.03
1:01AM
3.18
1:30PM
2.99
1:44AM
3.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
-0.18
6:27AM
-0.28
6:43PM
-0.20
7:12AM
-0.35
7:26PM
-0.16
7:58AM
-0.35
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:45-------6:43-------6:41--
Sunset6:52-------6:52-------6:53-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
Rain (mm)
---------2--------------
Temp. °C11200045576622465310-1001
Feels °C (?)-5-5-4-6-5-30-2-3113-2-2-1-2-2-2-3-4-5-3-4-3
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