Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
15.4°C
0.4° 

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 (26 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 10PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 26). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)--
Afternoon (26 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (26 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat night, min 11°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Sun morning, light winds from the N by Tue afternoon).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
E
10
3.5
E
10
3.5
E
10
3.5
E
9
3.5
E
9
3.5
E
9
3.5
E
9
3.5
E
9
3.5
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
3
E
9
2.5
E
9
2.4
E
8
2.2
E
8
2.2
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2167
2068
2214
2379
2337
2084
2038
1809
1630
1440
1368
1279
1461
1373
1197
1063
779
639
643
Wind (km/h)
35
NE
40
NE
45
NE
45
NE
45
NE
50
NE
45
NE
45
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:45PM2.89m
12:02PM2.96m
00:26AM2.90m
12:40PM3.05m
Low Tide
5:38PM-0.02m
5:56AM-0.02m
6:20PM-0.13m
6:35AM-0.04m
7:02PM-0.20m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:33
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6:35
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6:32
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6:30
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6:29
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 mm
1
1
5
3
4
4
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
16
16
13
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
11
11
12
Feels °C
9
8
5
5
6
4
5
5
6
6
7
6
4
5
5
5
5
5
7
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