Old Orchard Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.53° N 70.36° W

Old Orchard Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 01 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Old Orchard Beach sea temperature is
18.1° C
0.1° 

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 (01 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Old Orchard Beach at 9AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (01 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (01 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
1
Sunday
2
Monday
3
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
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.8
S
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.7
S
5
1
SSE
4
1.2
SSE
5
1.3
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
6
1
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.4
SE
7
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.9
SSE
7
1.1
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
49
49
50
50
47
30
22
23
14
31
28
25
43
75
106
94
60
25
13
50
32
37
77
149
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SE
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:19AM2.93m
1:50PM2.70m
1:56AM2.90m
2:24PM2.76m
2:35AM2.84m
3:02PM2.83m
Low Tide
7:30AM0.01m
7:39PM0.23m
8:04AM0.01m
8:20PM0.18m
8:41AM0.03m
9:05PM0.15m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:30
5:31
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:04
8:02
8:01
 mm
2
5
10
2
3
2
Temp °C
20
19
21
22
22
23
22
21
21
21
21
24
26
25
23
22
21
20
20
20
21
22
21
21
Feels °C
21
19
22
22
21
23
23
23
23
22
21
24
25
23
21
22
22
22
22
21
24
25
23
23
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