Fine outMonday, September 14, 2026 in Ocean City, Maryland

Monday, September 14 · 77°F · Mostly Sunny · N 8 to 17 mph · water 78° (most say yes)

Next sandbar window 3:31 PM to 6:31 PM.

Waxing crescent, 14% lit.

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The day, in order

Sun, moon and tide computed for Ocean City; everything else with a time has a published one.

  1. Walkable about 90 minutes either side — low tide 5:01 PM, 0.5 ft at the Inlet.

  2. Sunrise is the ocean side's; this one belongs to the bay, and the bay knows it.

End of the timeline.

Open past 9 tonight — 21 places

Places whose published hours put them open at 9 PM. Hours are confirmed for a minority of OC listings; this is that minority.

16 more with confirmed hours — the A–Z has all of them.

The one thing this day is missing

Sun, tide and what's on are all settled above. Dinner isn't.

Add dinner plans — 46 places

24 of them have hours we can confirm for tonight; for the rest, the guide has the address and the phone number.

In the news: 27 crab cakes at 16 kitchens, and 10 of the kitchens broil (Wednesday, Sep 9)

OC rotates which beaches allow surfing day to day — the 2026 rotation schedule (PDF) has today's spots and their tide windows.

Off-season bike hours: Anytime except Springfest and Sunfest weekends.

Sun times computed for 38.38, −75.07. Tides: NOAA CO-OPS station 8570283 (Ocean City Inlet). Forecast: weather.gov. Water temperature: the same CO-OPS station. Moon phase and moonrise/moonset are computed too, from the standard astronomical series — the rise and set times to about five minutes.

Beach conditions