Short Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
10.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Short Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 2PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (18 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (18 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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

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Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)1414141414141414131313131399911119999109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444444444333332223222322
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
E
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
NE
5
E
5
ESE
0
SSE
5
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38AM
2.80
10:11PM
2.53
10:15AM
2.81
10:51PM
2.51
10:50AM
2.80
11:29PM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07PM
0.07
4:09AM
0.36
4:45PM
0.05
4:45AM
0.40
5:22PM
0.06
5:20AM
0.43
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:41-------6:41
Sunset--4:15-------4:15-------4:14-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C366321002454321134444322
Feels °C (?)-6-2-1-3-4-4-4-4-2121-1-2-3-301121-1-1-2
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