Citizen station GW6607GW6607
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Surfside Beach, Maine
Beach in York County, Maine* WHAT...South winds, shifting to west of 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM, Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM and Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM. * WHEN...From 8 AM Friday to midnight EDT Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
45°
59°/44°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 45°·Calm 1 mph NNE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Surfside Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 83% around 10 AM.
Now. Surfside Beach is 45° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 44°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 66°, and the coolest Saturday, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%). Rain is possible Saturday (46%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
84%Humidity
49%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
45feels45
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
5944
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6639
100%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5139
46%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5529
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5733
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6235
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5937
mostly clear day
45°
59°44°
66°39°
51°39°
55°29°
57°33°
62°35°
59°37°
As of 11:00 PM in Surfside Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Surfside Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 12 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Ozone26Good28 ppb7.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Surfside Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.56 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.56in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Surfside Beach, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 2 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 128°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 11.1 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- SE (127°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 3 s from SW
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:50 PM
- Distance
- 11.1 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (113°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (146°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 7 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 2 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (118°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (6°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (3°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (0°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | SE (142°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (149°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (9°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (155°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | SE (141°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 8 s | SE (138°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (139°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | SE (144°) |
Beach
- County
- York County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.5295° N
- Longitude
- 70.3606° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Surfside Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/8.3 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PortlandNDBC-CASM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/13.6 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Scarborough 4.2 SSWME-CM-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KennebunkportKBPM1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Surfside Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Old Orchard Beachcommunity, 2 mi
- Dunstancommunity, 3 mi
- Sacocity, 5 mi
- Oak Hillcommunity, 5 mi
- Biddefordcity, 6 mi
- South Portlandcity, 8 mi
- Portlandcity, 10 mi
- Westbrookcity, 10 mi
- Gorhamcommunity, 11 mi
- Kennebunkportcommunity, 13 mi
- Kennebunkcommunity, 13 mi
- West Kennebunkcommunity, 14 mi
Beaches near Surfside Beach
- Old Orchard Beachunder 1 mi
- Grand Beachunder 1 mi
- Pine Point Beach1 mi
- Ferry Beach2 mi
- Western Beach2 mi
- Back Shore2 mi
- Bayview Beach3 mi
- Kinney Shores Beach3 mi