Short Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.18° N 70.61° W

Short Sands, United States Weather Observations

Issued: 7 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Short Sands sea temperature is
18.5° C
0.2° 

Short Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Short Sands based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Short Sands right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Short Sands

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Western Maine Shelf Buoy

14 km E3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
15
light winds from the SSW
(14 km/h at 200°)
20.5 °C-
-


BUOY-SEIM1

15 km SSW3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
24.8 °C-
-


BUOY-WEXM1

19 km NNE3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
0
calm
(2 km/h at 230°)
22.9 °C-
-


Portsmouth/Pease Airport

21 km SSW218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
5
light winds from the SW
(6 km/h at 220°)
25.5 °C16
16
broken

BUOY-BGXN3

22 km SSW3 m above sea level

2 hours ago
0
calm
(2 km/h at 230°)
23.1 °C-
-


Sanford Municipal Airport

25 km NW186 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
21.1 °C16
16


Rochester Airport

28 km W218 m above sea level

3 hours ago
clearClear
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
24.4 °C16
16


Newburyport

45 km S4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 223°)
10
24 °C-
-
-
-
0

Joppa wx

46 km S1 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 221°)
5
24 °C-
-
-
-
0

Danville

47 km SSW41 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 250°)
0
23 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Short Sands and within an acceptable time window.

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