Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
18.8° C
1.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Short Sands today (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 14s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 14s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 6PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

Table - waves today at Short Sands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
14
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NW
5
SW
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
W
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:17PM2.90m
2:30AM3.11m
3:08PM2.89m
3:24AM2.94m
4:00PM2.85m
Low Tide
8:06AM-0.35m
8:21PM-0.02m
8:55AM-0.24m
9:17PM0.05m
9:46AM-0.08m
10:14PM0.13m
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:18
5:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:17
8:17
8:16
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
22
25
27
25
22
21
19
18
23
26
25
21
21
21
20
19
22
23
26
22
19
Feels °C
18
21
22
22
20
18
17
16
21
24
22
19
19
21
19
14
17
17
21
18
16
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Short Sands surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest