Coastguard Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 EDT
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Coastguard Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Coastguard Beach sea temperature is
18.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Coastguard Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Coastguard Beach at 4AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

Table - waves today at Coastguard Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)777667777777667774566555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)484734323226262727241515141499929615344251915
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
S
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ENE
30
NNE
30
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
2.81
9:29AM
2.58
9:43PM
2.83
10:19AM
2.67
10:34PM
2.86
11:03AM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:15AM
0.45
3:30PM
0.66
4:06AM
0.42
4:22PM
0.57
4:52AM
0.40
5:08PM
0.48
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:22-------6:22-------6:24----
Sunset------6:44-------6:43-------6:40-
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-241--------------------
Temp. °C181818181919192020191919191918181917161515151414
Feels °C (?)1718181921212021201716161617171720109910111010
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Massachusetts

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Coastguard Beach (light winds from the N at Chatham Airport 17 km from Coastguard Beach). 0.8m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.5m 7s swell, also from the ESE and a 0.2m 6s windswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
N
0.0
18.8
Air / Water (°C)
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