Short Sands Surf Forecast

/ Maine (19 breaks) / Maine (19 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (43.18° N 70.61° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Short Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 EDT

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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 16.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Short Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 4PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	10	7	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	48	34	33	29	27	17	18	14	13	13	19	50	50	49	62	64	62	59	54	49	84	84	71	57
Wind (km/h)	E	SE	SE	S	SW	NW	NW	NW	SSE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	WSW	W	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	W	W	WNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				7:26PM 2.80					8:19AM 2.46				8:35PM 2.82				9:19AM 2.54				9:34PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)		1:08PM 0.41					2:06AM 0.12				2:19PM 0.38				3:10AM 0.08				3:22PM 0.29				4:03AM 0.03

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	17	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	20	22	21	20	20	20	19	18
Feels °C (?)	17	18	17	16	16	16	14	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	19	20	19	19	19	18	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Maine

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Short Sands (light winds from the SE at BUOY-CMLN3 14 km from Short Sands). 0.6m 8s swell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 49 minutes ago Short Sands

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1 h 49 min ago

8 km/h

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