the beach today
Maine's Seaside Playground

Old Orchard
Beach

Maine Riviera

New England's classic beach town: seven miles of hard sand on Saco Bay, the historic Pier, the lights of Palace Playland and fried dough on the strip. Everything for a summer day and where to eat after.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Surf, tides & water temp

Parking Finder

Garages, lots & meters

Sunset

Sunset countdown & live cam

Dining

Where to eat after the sand

Things to Do

Cruises, sails & tours

Events

What's on this week

Beach Rules

Dogs, drinks, fires, drones

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Old Orchard Beach

The main strip -- Pier, Palace Playland & wide hard sand

Metered lots · fills fast

Ocean Park

Quiet family end, south of the strip

Calmer · residential

Grand Beach

North end toward Pine Point, wide & open

Fewer crowds

Pine Point

Scarborough, at the Scarborough River mouth

Lobster docks · flats

Ferry Beach

Ferry Beach State Park, Saco -- dunes & tupelo forest

State park · entry fee

Kinney Shores

Quiet Saco stretch just south

Local · low-key

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Saco

10 min west

Historic mill-town Main Street, Saco Museum and Funtown Splashtown USA

Scarborough

10 min north

Pine Point lobster shacks, Scarborough Marsh and Higgins Beach surf

Portland

25 min north

Old Port, the working waterfront, breweries and one of America's great food scenes

Kennebunkport

25 min south

Dock Square, Walker's Point and classic Maine coast lobster pounds

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Old Orchard Beach. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.

Right now at Old Orchard Beach, the water is 62°F, surf is running 1–2 ft and the air is 63°F but feels like 66°F. Wind is 5 mph from the E and the UV index peaks at 5 (moderate) today. Unprotected fair skin burns in about 240 minutes right now. Today’s tides: High 4:04 AM, Low 9:50 AM, High 4:13 PM, Low 10:35 PM.