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Short Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 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 1AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
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
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)999888881010967910999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3422216866644061138181163347026423029292827191922
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
15
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
W
30
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
2.45
11:19AM
2.87
11:55PM
2.51
11:55AM
2.89
12:29AM
2.58
12:32PM
2.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12PM
-0.01
5:10AM
0.28
5:47PM
-0.07
5:48AM
0.21
6:21PM
-0.11
6:27AM
0.15
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------7:09-------7:07-------7:07-
Sunset4:35-------4:37-------4:37-------
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C210-1-2-2-111-2-3-5-6-7-7-6-6-8-9-9-9-10-8-5
Feels °C (?)-1-3-5-8-7-6-4-4-6-10-12-14-15-16-16-15-15-17-18-17-17-17-15-13
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