Short Sands Beach

York, United States

Right now

Conditions at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.4 m) at 6 s, heading toward W, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward WSW.

Swell

0.4 m

W

6 s

Wind

11 km/h

WSW

Cross-onshore

Tide

1.3 m

Rising

Weather

17 °C

Overcast

16 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Saturday, September 19, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 6 s

WNW

10 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 13 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

WNW

13 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

1 m

Overcast · 13 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

WNW

12 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Clear · 12 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

W

13 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

2 m

Clear · 12 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 6 s

W

14 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

2.3 m

Clear · 11 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

WSW

13 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

2.4 m

Clear · 10 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

WSW

10 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

2.4 m

Clear · 9 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

WSW

12 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

2.3 m

Clear · 9 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

WSW

14 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

1.9 m

Clear · 11 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 4 s

WSW

11 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

SSE

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 13 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 3 s

SW

12 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

1.2 m

Clear · 14 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 3 s

SW

11 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

1.1 m

Clear · 16 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

WSW

10 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

SSW

Onshore

1.1 m

Clear · 17 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 6 s

W

11 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 17 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 7 s

WNW

12 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.7 m

Overcast · 17 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 8 s

WNW

12 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

2.2 m

Overcast · 16 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

WNW

13 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

2.6 m

Overcast · 16 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

WNW

12 km/h · 14 km/h gusts

NW

Cross-shore

2.7 m

Overcast · 16 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

WNW

12 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

2.8 m

Clear · 15 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

WNW

14 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

2.7 m

Clear · 14 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

WNW

15 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

NNW

Cross-shore

2.3 m

Clear · 13 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

WNW

15 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1.8 m

Clear · 13 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

WNW

16 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1.3 m

Clear · 13 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

NW

14 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 13 °C

Nearby spots

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