Scarborough · Cumberland County · Maine
Scarborough Beach Surf Report & Forecast, Maine
Scarborough Beach, Maine: 2–3 ft, waist high, at 8 am EST on Tuesday, Nov 10, rated Fair. The main swell is 2.1 ft at 11 seconds from the southeast, with an 11 mph offshore wind from the west, gusting 17 mph. Water is about 53°F, so a 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion; the next high tide is 10.0 ft at 11:20 am.
2–3 ft
waist high
- Swell
- 2.1 ft · 11 s · SEplus 0.6 ft · 4 s · W
- Wind
- 11 mph (W), gusts 17offshore
- Tide
- 4.9 ft risinghigh 10.0 ft at 11:20 am
- Water
- 53°F5/4 hooded
- Air
- 44°Ffeels like 32°F
- Sun
- rise 6:28 amset 4:21 pm
Scarborough Beach surf today and tomorrow
Best-rated hour today at Scarborough Beach: 6 am, Good, on a rising low tide.
Blue band: surf face height from the low end to set waves; dotted: occasional larger sets. Grey line: tide, in feet on the right scale. Colour strip: the hourly rating. Arrows: wind direction and strength, teal when offshore, orange when onshore.
Best-rated hour tomorrow at Scarborough Beach: 1 pm, Poor, on a falling high tide.
Hour by hour as a table, today and tomorrow
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 3 ft | Good | 12 mph offshore (W), gusts 19 | 1.2 ft |
| 7 am | 2–3 ft | Fair | 11 mph offshore (W), gusts 17 | 2.7 ft |
| 8 amnow | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 16 | 4.9 ft |
| 9 am | 1 ft | Poor to Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 16 | 7.2 ft |
| 10 am | 1–2 ft | Poor to Fair | 9 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 14 | 9.0 ft |
| 11 am | 1–2 ft | Poor to Fair | 9 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 14 | 10.0 ft |
| 12 pm | 1–2 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 16 | 9.8 ft |
| 1 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor to Fair | 11 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 17 | 8.5 ft |
| 2 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor to Fair | 11 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 18 | 6.2 ft |
| 3 pm | 1–2 ft | Poor to Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 16 | 3.7 ft |
| 4 pm | 2–3 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 16 | 1.5 ft |
| 5 pm | 2–3 ft | Fair | 10 mph cross-shore (SW), gusts 15 | 0.2 ft |
| Time | Surf | Rating | Wind | Tide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 ft | Poor | 11 mph offshore (W), gusts 18 | 1.0 ft |
| 7 am | 1 ft | Poor | 11 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 18 | 1.8 ft |
| 8 am | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 17 | 3.5 ft |
| 9 am | 1 ft | Poor | 8 mph offshore (NW), gusts 14 | 5.6 ft |
| 10 am | 1 ft | Poor | 6 mph offshore (NW), gusts 11 | 7.5 ft |
| 11 am | 1 ft | Poor | 5 mph offshore (WNW) | 8.9 ft |
| 12 pm | 0–1 ft | Poor | 5 mph offshore (WNW) | 9.3 ft |
| 1 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 6 mph offshore (WNW) | 8.7 ft |
| 2 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 7 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 12 | 7.0 ft |
| 3 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph offshore (W), gusts 16 | 4.8 ft |
| 4 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 11 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 19 | 2.6 ft |
| 5 pm | 1 ft | Poor | 10 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 16 | 0.8 ft |
Scarborough Beach waves today: sets, lulls and how they break
At 8 am, sets at Scarborough Beach arrive about every 4 minutes with about 4 waves each, and the waves are mostly spilling and crumbly.
- Set waves
- about 2.8 ft faces
- Waves per set
- about 4
- Sets
- every 4 minutes or so, each lasting about 30 s
- Lulls
- about 154 s between breaking waves
- How they break
- Spillingwhich means soft, crumbling whitewater
- Shape
- Crumblywhich means whitewater rolls gently down the face
- Breaking
- 57% of waves stand up and break where surfers sitThe rest roll through.
- Along-shore current
- light, about 0.4 mphThis is not a rip current forecast. For rip current risk, see the National Weather Service.
Scarborough Beach surf this weekend and the next 10 days
Next 10 days at Scarborough Beach: the biggest day is Saturday, Nov 14 at 3–4 ft, and the best-rated day is Saturday, Nov 14 (Good). This weekend: Saturday, Nov 14, 3–4 ft and Good; Sunday, Nov 15, 0–1 ft and Poor.
Fri, Nov 20 – Wed, Nov 25
Days 11–16 for Scarborough Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription.
Bars: surf face height from the low end to set waves, by day. Colour strip: the day's best rating. Arrows: main swell direction. Shaded: this weekend.
The 10-day forecast as a table, with swell and wind
| Day | Surf | Rating | Main swell | Wind am | Wind pm | Best time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | 1–3 ft | Good | 2.1 ft · 11 s · SE | 10 mph cross-shore (W), gusts 16 | 11 mph cross-shore (WSW), gusts 18 | 6 am |
| Wed, Nov 11 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 1.1 ft · 10 s · SE | 10 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 17 | 7 mph offshore (WNW), gusts 12 | 1 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | 1 ft | Poor | 0.6 ft · 10 s · ESE | 7 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 12 | 14 mph cross-shore (ENE), gusts 22 | 6 am |
| Fri, Nov 13 | 2–3 ft | Poor | 2.9 ft · 6 s · ESE | 19 mph cross-shore (NE), gusts 27 | 20 mph cross-shore (NNE), gusts 27 | 5 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | 3–4 ft | Good | 4.4 ft · 8 s · ESE | 16 mph offshore (N), gusts 22 | 15 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 21 | 7 am |
| Sun, Nov 15 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 0.9 ft · 8 s · ESE | 12 mph offshore (NNW), gusts 18 | 12 mph offshore (NW), gusts 17 | 7 am |
| Mon, Nov 16 | 0–1 ft | Poor | 0.4 ft · 3 s · NE | 7 mph offshore (NW), gusts 13 | 6 mph offshore (NW), gusts 11 | 4 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | 0–1 ft | Poor | — | 5 mph offshore (NW) | 4 mph cross-shore (WSW) | 7 am |
| Wed, Nov 18 | 0–1 ft | Poor | — | 5 mph offshore (NW) | calm | 10 am |
| Thu, Nov 19 | 1 ft | Poor | — | 5 mph offshore (NW) | 6 mph cross-shore (SW) | 1 pm |
| Fri, Nov 20 – Wed, Nov 25 | Days 11–16 for Scarborough Beach are in the Current app with a Premium subscription. Get the app | |||||
Scarborough Beach tide chart and tide times
Tides at Scarborough Beach today, Tuesday, Nov 10: low 0.7 ft at 5:03 am, high 10.0 ft at 11:20 am, low -0.1 ft at 5:44 pm and high 8.7 ft at 11:55 pm. At 8 am the tide is 4.9 ft and rising.
Scarborough Beach tide chart, November 2026
| Day | Tides |
|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10 | Low 0.7 ft at 5:03 amHigh 10.0 ft at 11:20 amLow -0.1 ft at 5:44 pmHigh 8.7 ft at 11:55 pm |
| Wed, Nov 11 | Low 1.0 ft at 5:48 amHigh 9.3 ft at 11:53 amLow -0.1 ft at 6:18 pm |
| Thu, Nov 12 | High 8.1 ft at 12:31 amLow 1.3 ft at 6:19 amHigh 9.5 ft at 12:34 pmLow 0.8 ft at 6:58 pm |
| Fri, Nov 13 | High 8.4 ft at 1:11 amLow 2.2 ft at 7 amHigh 9.5 ft at 1:12 pmLow 1.1 ft at 7:43 pm |
| Sat, Nov 14 | High 8.0 ft at 1:53 amLow 2.1 ft at 7:45 amHigh 8.9 ft at 1:56 pmLow 1.2 ft at 8:28 pm |
| Sun, Nov 15 | High 7.5 ft at 2:39 amLow 2.0 ft at 8:35 amHigh 8.1 ft at 2:42 pmLow 0.8 ft at 9:16 pm |
| Mon, Nov 16 | High 6.9 ft at 3:30 amLow 1.8 ft at 9:24 amHigh 7.7 ft at 3:38 pmLow 1.0 ft at 10:06 pm |
| Tue, Nov 17 | High 7.0 ft at 4:24 amLow 1.9 ft at 10:22 amHigh 7.5 ft at 4:33 pm |
Tide predictions, not observations. Heights in feet above MLLW.
Scarborough Beach water temperature
The water temperature at Scarborough Beach is about 53°F on Tuesday, Nov 10. With the air feeling like 32°F and an 11 mph wind, a 5/4 wetsuit with a hood is the suggestion. Over the next week the water stays between 52 and 53°F.
Water temperature is a forecast for the water at this spot, not a buoy reading. The wetsuit suggestion uses Billabong's wetsuit temperature scale, adjusted for air temperature and wind.
Surf spots near Scarborough Beach
- Higgins Beach1.7 mi NE · 2–3 ft · Poor
- Pine Point1.8 mi WSW · 1 ft · Poor
- Old Orchard Beach3.9 mi WSW · 1–2 ft · Fair
- Crescent Beach4.1 mi ENE · 1 ft · Poor
- Fortunes Rocks8.7 mi SSW · 3 ft · Fair
- Gooch's Beach16 mi SSW · 2–3 ft · Poor
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About Scarborough Beach
Scarborough Beach is a beach break in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, facing southeast. Also called Scarborough Beach State Park.
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