Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 EDT
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Scarborough Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scarborough Beach sea temperature is
2.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 5PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
1.3
S
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010109999999588888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3693282792732362222121831591561321078769686654546910813113710176
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
E
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
20
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
0
NNW
5
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
NW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
2.88
11:51PM
2.85
12:11PM
2.94
12:32AM
3.01
12:56PM
2.96
1:14AM
3.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
0.03
6:09AM
0.00
6:29PM
-0.03
6:53AM
-0.13
7:11PM
-0.05
7:40AM
-0.22
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-------6:47-------6:45-------6:43
Sunset--6:50-------6:51-------6:52-----
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------382-
Temp. °C-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-11111100034543321
Feels °C (?)-8-7-9-9-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-30-100-11-2-3
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