Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 20 Apr 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
6.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 3AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)788888867777755455665555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)913121111111111111810101029203235644233221477
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
2.90
2:13AM
3.29
3:00PM
2.79
3:09AM
3.16
4:02PM
2.68
4:12AM
3.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
-0.02
8:36AM
-0.34
8:47PM
0.10
9:35AM
-0.21
9:49PM
0.23
10:39AM
-0.07
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:48-------5:46--
Sunset7:30-------7:30-------7:31-------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------211------1
Temp. °C6421013433333233444434910
Feels °C (?)-1-2-3-3-4-2-2-3-4-3-3-3-2-3-2-201220154
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