Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
19.1° C
1.6° 

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 (13 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 8AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 13). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (13 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 34°C on Tue afternoon, min 19°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
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
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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
10
0.1
E
8
0.1
E
8
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.1
E
8
0.1
E
18
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.1
E
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
15
14
14
14
9
1
1
13
13
13
13
13
8
1
6
8
12
8
13
12
8
5
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
25
SSE
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:38AM2.67m
10:49PM3.28m
11:37AM2.75m
11:47PM3.32m
12:33PM2.83m
Low Tide
4:30AM-0.25m
4:36PM0.06m
5:28AM-0.34m
5:34PM-0.00m
6:23AM-0.40m
6:31PM-0.04m
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:13
5:15
5:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:21
8:20
8:20
 mm
2
2
Temp °C
20
19
19
25
26
28
27
21
21
21
22
28
34
34
31
30
28
23
23
26
30
31
27
25
Feels °C
19
18
18
23
22
26
24
20
20
19
21
26
32
33
30
30
29
24
23
23
27
28
26
24
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Short Sands surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest