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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	Sun		Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Short Sands Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Short Sands Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Jenness Beach New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Kennebunk Beach Maine	Kennebunk Beach Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Maine Beach Maine	Doc Browns Maine	Doc Browns Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Jenness Beach New Hampshire
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SE	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	5	6	6	11	10	10	15	16	16	16	16	18	17	14	14	12	11	11	10	5	5
Energy(?)	26	142	145	171	70	69	129	117	130	194	438	625	620	733	492	924	628	373	297	129	72	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:31PM 3.36		7:18AM 2.50	7:40PM 3.33		8:28AM 2.93		8:44PM 3.38	9:29AM 3.01		9:42PM 2.97	10:23AM 2.63		10:36PM 3.49	11:12AM 3.21		11:27PM 3.02	12:03PM 2.71		12:11AM 3.50	12:38PM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)		1:04AM 0.53	1:08PM 0.35		2:14AM 0.49		2:25PM 0.79	3:15AM 0.43		3:27PM 0.71	4:18AM -0.05		4:22PM 0.62	5:00AM 0.30		5:12PM 0.53		5:56AM -0.11	5:59PM 0.47		6:28AM 0.30	6:44PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	1
High °C	31	19	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	18	17	19	18	17	24	25	21	23	24	21	22	24
Low °C	28	15	14	16	14	14	18	16	16	18	16	16	17	16	18	24	19	19	23	21	20	24
Chill °C (?)	31	18	15	15	16	17	18	16	17	18	17	19	18	17	24	25	21	23	24	21	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	1.0 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	4	6	13	6	11	10	10	9	16	16	16	16	18	17	8	14	12	11	11	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	12	6	4	16	15	13	9	4	8	5	7	14	9	9	11	10	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NE	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	6	-	-	-	9	3	3	3	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	5	5	5	5	5

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Maine	Jenness Beach New Hampshire	Jenness Beach New Hampshire	Ogunquit Beach Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Short Sands Maine	Old Orchard Beach Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Short Sands Maine	Short Sands Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	12	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	15
Energy(?)	43	41	43	42	81	142	213	222	235	188	122	120	123	99	99	79	66	74	129	95	91	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:34PM 3.33				7:22AM 2.90				7:31PM 2.95					8:26AM 2.44				8:44PM 3.38
Low Tide / height (m)		12:10PM 0.79				1:08AM 0.52				1:20PM 0.82					2:14AM 0.49				2:25PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	30	24	19	18	16	15	14	16	16	17	16	15	15	15	14	17	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	27	30	24	18	17	15	14	12	15	15	17	16	15	15	15	14	17	18	18	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	4	5	5	6	11	13	13	12	6	13	6	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 N	0.5 SE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	6	10	10	10	10	13	14	13	8	12	6	11	6	5	5	9	9	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	3	3

	Sunday 17															Monday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Maine	Jenness Beach New Hampshire	Jenness Beach New Hampshire	Ogunquit Beach Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Short Sands Maine	Old Orchard Beach Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Short Sands Maine	Short Sands Maine	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire	Costellos New Hampshire
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	10	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	38	42	40	42	42	41	41	26	26	26	29	45	52	67	81	105	90	106	161	190	213	208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											6:25PM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)					12:13PM 0.78													1:04AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	25	29	30	31	31	31	28	26	20	19	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	22	25	25	29	30	31	31	31	28	26	20	19	17	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6

Maine Surf Breaks

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beach/jetty

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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