Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
18.4°C
0.0° 

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 (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 3PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (23 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
6
0.6
ESE
6
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
5
0.2
ESE
12
0.5
E
7
0.4
ESE
6
0.4
ESE
6
0.7
SE
6
0.8
SE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.9
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.2
ESE
11
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.3
SE
11
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
42
33
25
23
15
14
22
14
14
35
61
73
68
47
49
47
11
30
24
25
19
31
28
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
SW
15
S
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:37AM2.20m
8:46PM2.58m
9:29AM2.27m
9:35PM2.66m
10:14AM2.36m
10:19PM2.74m
Low Tide
2:33AM0.43m
2:32PM0.65m
3:25AM0.36m
3:24PM0.57m
4:10AM0.27m
4:09PM0.48m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:32
7:30
7:30
 mm
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
17
18
19
19
20
20
20
19
18
18
23
26
27
25
22
19
17
18
22
24
25
21
18
Feels °C
18
20
20
20
21
22
23
21
19
18
21
22
24
23
20
17
15
16
20
22
23
20
16
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