Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
18.2°C
1.1° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 7AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Wed night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
8
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.4
ESE
3
0.6
SE
4
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
5
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
4
8
10
10
10
10
9
10
9
14
9
9
9
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
5
N
0
NE
15
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
E
10
ENE
5
E
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:20AM2.59m
9:36PM3.02m
10:15AM2.73m
10:31PM3.08m
11:06AM2.85m
Low Tide
3:10AM-0.01m
3:22PM0.18m
4:07AM-0.11m
4:20PM0.04m
4:58AM-0.18m
5:13PM-0.07m
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:05
7:04
7:01
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
21
20
19
19
21
21
20
18
17
16
16
18
18
20
20
20
20
20
20
26
29
28
25
20
Feels °C
19
18
17
19
22
19
19
19
18
16
16
17
17
20
20
18
19
17
19
25
26
24
21
17
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