Higgins Beach Surf Report & Forecast

Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

0-1FT

Shin to knee

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

1.7FT8s
SE127º
0.7FT7s
S174º
0.8FT3s
SSW201º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

6KTSWSW

6kts gusts, Cross-shore

Model Forecast
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Tide

7.3FT

Temperature

55°F

spotName Wind & Weather
65ºF

4/3mm wetsuit

Tim Kent

Maine Forecast

Tim Kent •

Today

Loggable knee+ high E/ESE swell with light AM winds. Good morning for the beginners & longboards.

Dawn to Midday: This is shaping up to be the better or at least more rideable day of the weekend with rideable surf in the knee+ high zone, but still not looking too special. Conditions look decent through the morning hours while winds are lightest, setting up a window of loggable surf. Particularly well suited for beginner surfers and big boards.

Afternoon Outlook: Southerly winds build into the afternoon for increasing texture.

Higgins Beach Surf Forecast

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Higgins Beach Surf Guide

From Higgins Beach's rocky ledge outcropping at its southwestern end, to the shallow waters of the Spurwink Rivermouth in the northwest, tide fluctuations here average more than 10 feet each day, and a shifty, gradually sloping, but uneven sandy bottom ensure that every session is a challenge. Higgins' claim to fame is its uncanny ability to hold macking, overhead-plus swells. In fact, it handles 17-second-period, double-overhead groundswells as well as many other, more popular points around the... Read more