Maine Surf

Detailed Maine surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Maine. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Maine. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Maine over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Maine and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Maine Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Maine Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Maine coastline are also listed below.

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	Tue		Wed	Thursday 14			Fri					Sat	Sun	Sat	Sun		Mon		Tue
	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Hampton Beach New Hampshire	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kennebunk Beach Maine	Fortunes Rocks Beach Maine	Maine Beach Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Old Orchard Beach Maine	Popham Read Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Costellos New Hampshire
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 E	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.4 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSE
Period(s)	8	10	13	16	18	16	15	14	9	10	10	9	14	7	8	8	12	11	11	11	19	5
Energy	87	62	75	282	1018	825	589	528	926	755	585	246	731	200	267	68	305	222	284	342	389	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:24PM 2.57	12:01AM 0.55		12:32PM 0.85	12:41AM 0.52		12:55PM 1.00	10:24AM 2.93		10:40PM 3.25	11:17AM 3.36		11:21PM 3.39	12:14PM 2.80		2:33PM 1.27	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40
Low Tide / height (m)		2:55AM 0.21	6:52PM 0.37	5:37AM 0.30		7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25			4:15PM 0.03	5:00AM -0.33	5:06AM 0.07	6:40AM 0.14		5:54AM -0.42	5:56PM -0.05		9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18	7:57PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	21	21	21	20	19	16	8	10	11	18	17	19	16	19	17	16	16	15	15	23
Low °C	13	9	18	18	21	19	15	16	8	9	10	12	16	17	16	18	16	16	15	15	14	19
Chill °C (?)	14	12	21	21	21	20	19	15	5	8	10	18	17	19	15	19	17	16	15	13	14	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	7:09	-	5:11	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-
Sunset	7:54	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	8:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 E	1.4 SW	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	7	13	16	18	16	15	14	10	10	10	9	14	7	8	8	21	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	11	4	17	12	3	-	-	-	9	11	9	10	4	9	8	8	21	20	20	18	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.8 E	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	1.0 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	-	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	3	-	3	4	-	3	3	3	9	-	-	3	4	3	3	3	12	-	-	5	-	5

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Hampton Beach New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	7	13	16	16	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	123	105	87	71	85	62	59	59	75	113	142	282	682	1018	962	1065	825	813	795	589	558	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:14PM 3.07				12:01AM 0.55					12:32PM 0.85				12:41AM 0.52				12:55PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		1:56PM 0.79					2:30AM 0.74				5:37AM 0.30					7:28PM 0.26			5:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2
Temp. °C	12	13	14	12	11	10	9	9	20	19	18	18	21	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	12	11	10	9	8	20	19	18	18	21	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	12	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	4	4	11	4	4	4	4	4	17	16	16	12	13	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	4	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	3

	Tuesday 12															Wednesday 13
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Hampton Beach New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Pine Point Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Hampton Beach New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	7	7	10	7
Energy	140	126	123	99	98	105	105	87	87	86	67	71	68	82	85	65	66	62	61	61	59	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													8:24PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)						1:56PM 0.79													2:30AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	9	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	11	11	11	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Maine Surf Breaks

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Maine can get some decent swells roll through, which cater for a handful of surfers but in general doesn't get the surf I'm sure the coast would like. The odd Hurricane swells from the NE can create surf up and down the coast, large swells from the south are blocked by Cape Cod. Mainly sandy beaches with coves facing every angle a coast can face although with accessibility being a problem for many. Parking can be difficult and/or expensive in summer months where most places it's free in the winter, when is best to surf anyway.

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