Outside Shoals Surf Forecast

/ Maryland (8 breaks) / Maryland (8 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (38.30° N 75.10° W)

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Outside Shoals surfForecast / Maryland / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 EDT

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Outside Shoals surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Outside Shoals sea temperature is 24.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Outside Shoals today?

The current surf forecast for Outside Shoals at 3PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	6s
Afternoon (27 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Evening (27 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

Table - waves today at Outside Shoals. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	S	S	S	S	SE	SE	S	S	SE	SE	SE	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	4	5	5	5	9	9	5	5	9	9	8	4	5	5
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	28	30	27	9	16	30	32	32	23	26	31	73	106	112	24	22	38	31	29	22	26	37	27	29
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	WSW	NW	E	SSE	ENE	E	NNE	N	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 1.14					11:11PM 1.02				11:35AM 1.13				11:52PM 0.94				12:20PM 1.10				12:36AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)				5:10PM 0.15				5:18AM 0.16				5:57PM 0.22				5:58AM 0.21				6:47PM 0.29				6:42AM 0.25

	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	23	24	23	23	22	21	21	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	20	23	24	24	23	22	21	20	19
Feels °C (?)	17	18	19	21	21	20	19	19	21	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	22	24	23	23	22	21	18	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maryland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Outside Shoals (light winds from the NW at Ocean City Airport 2 km from Outside Shoals). 0.4m 10s swell from the ESE with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the SSE and a 0.2m 10s swell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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