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Old Orchard Beach surf break

Old Orchard Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.2° 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 9PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)101010999999888888881099910109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13210094716867146151116785945786550717990280266113806158
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
NE
15
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
N
5
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
2.44
10:39AM
2.87
11:17PM
2.50
11:17AM
2.93
11:53PM
2.56
11:53AM
2.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
0.05
4:17AM
0.34
4:58PM
-0.01
4:56AM
0.27
5:33PM
-0.06
5:34AM
0.20
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:07-
Sunset4:31-------4:32-------4:35-------
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C01000113210-2-3-3-20-1-3-3-4-5-6-6-6
Feels °C (?)-4-5-6-5-5-4-4-1-1-2-5-8-9-8-5-6-9-11-11-13-13-13-13-15
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