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 am Monday 20 Oct 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 17.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Outside Shoals today?

The current surf forecast for Outside Shoals at 3AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Evening (20 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

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		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	256	232	74	60	51	47	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	18	19	33	20	20	39	22	24	30	22
Wind (km/h)	S	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				7:17AM 1.20				7:35PM 1.08				7:55AM 1.24					8:12PM 1.05				8:32AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		1:11AM 0.09				1:41PM 0.08				1:43AM 0.09					2:19PM 0.08				2:16AM 0.09				2:56PM 0.10

		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-

Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	15	13	11	13	17	18	17	16	15	14	14	16	18	18	19	19	17	16	15	18	18	17	17
Feels °C (?)	15	9	7	3	5	9	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	13	14	13	11	11	12	10	9	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maryland

Wind Update Cross-shore wind at Outside Shoals have swung cross-off (moderate winds from the SSW at Ocean City Airport 2 km from Outside Shoals). 2.3m 7s swell from the SSW with a 1.3m 6s windswell from the S and a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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