Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 26 Jan 2026 EST
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Nahant Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nahant Beach sea temperature is
4.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nahant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nahant Beach at 7AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Afternoon (26 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (26 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
3
2
1
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
E
3
E
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
Period(s) (?)78899910999999999988888815
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6611037141516672000156817061037675473363238166997656382313135554
Wind
(km/h)
40
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
2.91
4:54PM
2.56
5:17AM
2.93
5:58PM
2.48
6:18AM
2.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
0.11
10:45AM
0.08
11:00PM
0.20
11:47AM
0.06
12:00AM
0.25
12:52PM
0.02
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise----7:03-------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset------4:49-------4:50-------4:51-
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-2-2-2-3-5-4-4-7-6-9-11-13-11-8-7-8-10-13-12-12-9-7-6-7
Feels °C (?)-13-12-11-11-12-12-11-14-13-18-20-21-18-15-14-15-17-20-19-19-17-14-12-13
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