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Short Sands surfForecast / Maine / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 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
5.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Short Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 3PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)9991213131212121110101099999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9731329215819316916416112389827470001150344021826664
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
35
W
30
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
10
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
2.68
10:02PM
2.33
10:02AM
2.75
10:42PM
2.39
10:41AM
2.82
11:19PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
0.12
3:52AM
0.42
4:36PM
0.05
4:31AM
0.35
5:12PM
-0.01
5:10AM
0.28
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset--4:32-------4:34-------4:35-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------12-------------
Temp. °C-7-4-3-4-4-3-2112221111221-2-3-3-4-5
Feels °C (?)-18-14-12-12-11-9-8-6-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-7-9-9-10-12
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