Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
14.7°C
1.3° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 11PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)--
Afternoon (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
8
0.1
E
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Wind (km/h)
25
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
25
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:27PM2.90m
9:59AM2.83m
10:20PM2.93m
10:45AM2.93m
Low Tide
3:17PM0.15m
3:50AM-0.02m
4:12PM0.01m
4:37AM-0.04m
5:02PM-0.09m
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
14
13
12
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13
18
21
20
16
13
12
11
11
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16
12
10
Feels °C
10
9
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7
8
9
14
16
15
12
9
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7
5
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