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Popham Read surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 EST
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Popham Read surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Popham Read sea temperature is
1.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Popham Read today?

The current surf forecast for Popham Read at 3PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (17 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

Table - waves today at Popham Read. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)511118910111212121111111010101010888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)837657110316121523521117411381444125201010122123251413
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
2.78
11:26PM
2.57
11:35AM
2.83
12:01AM
2.68
12:15PM
2.84
12:38AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09PM
-0.09
5:17AM
0.02
5:44PM
-0.14
5:57AM
-0.07
6:21PM
-0.16
6:40AM
-0.13
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset--5:10-------5:12-------5:14-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-112221101110-1-2-3-3-20112111
Feels °C (?)-5-4-4-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-6-7-9-10-10-9-7-5-4-4-4-4-4-3
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