Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
17.9°C
0.9° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 4s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Short Sands at 9PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 09). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed night, calm by Sat morning).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
Swell
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
ENE
4
0.3
ENE
4
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.1
E
8
0.1
E
8
0.3
SE
9
0.1
E
8
0.3
SE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.3
SE
9
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
16
16
10
10
1
1
13
1
14
9
14
14
14
14
12
13
13
9
11
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
SSE
10
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:15AM2.73m
10:31PM3.08m
11:06AM2.85m
11:24PM3.10m
11:53AM2.94m
Low Tide
4:20PM0.04m
4:58AM-0.18m
5:13PM-0.07m
5:45AM-0.19m
6:04PM-0.14m
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:04
7:01
7:00
 mm
1
2
2
2
Temp °C
17
19
19
20
20
20
21
23
27
29
27
23
20
18
16
14
18
21
23
20
19
Feels °C
17
19
18
18
17
18
19
22
23
24
22
20
18
15
13
10
14
16
18
17
16
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