Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 29 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
3.9° 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 1AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (30 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.4
NE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.9
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)5161515151515151515141414141417171616164566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9555555444444446655530111204268
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
2.51
8:25AM
3.09
9:13PM
2.60
9:25AM
3.18
10:11PM
2.71
10:22AM
3.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
-0.06
2:06AM
0.21
2:58PM
-0.16
3:06AM
0.12
3:54PM
-0.26
4:03AM
0.02
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:58-------6:58-------6:56--
Sunset4:52-------4:53-------4:54-------
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-6-9-10-13-16-18-16-12-10-13-14-15-16-16-14-9-7-7-10-10-9-10-10-7
Feels °C (?)-13-16-18-21-25-27-25-20-18-20-21-21-22-22-20-14-12-12-17-17-17-19-19-16
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