Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
17.3° C
1.5° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 6PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (06 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (06 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
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
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.3
SE
7
0.1
E
9
0.3
SE
7
0.1
E
10
0.1
E
10
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
8
1
9
2
2
10
10
10
9
9
9
9
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
E
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
W
0
NW
5
S
15
ENE
10
E
5
SE
5
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
High Tide
5:27PM2.89m
6:05AM2.46m
6:26PM2.91m
7:12AM2.43m
7:32PM2.95m
Low Tide
11:15AM0.21m
00:01AM0.12m
12:11PM0.26m
1:06AM0.10m
1:14PM0.29m
clear
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:58
7:57
7:54
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
29
29
29
27
26
25
25
28
30
29
28
27
26
23
23
24
24
24
21
20
Feels °C
30
30
31
32
30
29
28
28
31
31
31
30
30
28
25
26
27
25
26
23
22
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