Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
16.0° C
2.4° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 12PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 97mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue morning, fresh winds from the N by Thu night).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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)
1
1
1
0
0
1
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)
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.8
SE
5
0.9
SE
5
1.2
ESE
5
1.1
SE
6
1.4
SE
7
1.8
SE
8
2.3
ENE
7
2.4
ENE
7
2.5
E
7
1.9
E
7
1.6
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
36
37
36
86
29
21
21
24
12
11
11
30
42
78
96
194
378
497
574
635
326
215
Wind (km/h)
0
WSW
5
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
10
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
20
NE
20
NE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:29AM2.39m
11:29PM2.81m
12:09PM2.45m
00:08AM2.85m
12:45PM2.51m
Low Tide
5:25AM0.17m
5:19PM0.46m
6:02AM0.11m
5:59PM0.40m
6:37AM0.06m
6:37PM0.34m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:28
5:28
5:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:08
8:07
8:06
 mm
3
1
5
32
40
10
3
2
1
Temp °C
17
19
22
23
22
20
20
19
19
20
21
21
21
19
18
18
16
15
17
17
17
18
18
Feels °C
19
20
22
23
21
21
20
19
20
20
20
20
21
19
17
17
11
11
13
13
13
14
14
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