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Short Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 EST
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Short Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
5.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Short Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 9AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)1212121111101099101099998888881077
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16916416112690827654039367834222155544140485716094
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
W
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
2.75
10:42PM
2.39
10:41AM
2.82
11:19PM
2.45
11:19AM
2.87
11:55PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
0.42
4:36PM
0.05
4:31AM
0.35
5:12PM
-0.01
5:10AM
0.28
5:47PM
-0.07
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--7:09-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset----4:34-------4:35-------4:37---
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----2-------------------
Temp. °C-1001220010122-1-3-3-3-4-3-1-1-2-3-5
Feels °C (?)-7-7-5-4-5-5-6-5-4-5-4-3-2-5-9-9-8-10-10-9-9-10-12-14
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