Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 06 Mar 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
2.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nahant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nahant Beach at 5AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (06 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (06 Mar)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)777777888889999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3723712762262583405554774394053683473663292872492271651321081081108684
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
2.97
1:11PM
2.87
1:27AM
2.93
1:53PM
2.73
2:07AM
2.85
2:37PM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
-0.09
7:14PM
0.03
7:40AM
-0.01
7:54PM
0.17
8:24AM
0.10
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---6:11-------6:09-------6:07----
Sunset------5:37-------5:39-------5:40-
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1---1--
Temp. °C00-1-1-10000111135588910101198
Feels °C (?)-7-7-8-8-8-6-6-4-3-2-2-3-4-20-134578864
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