Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
5.1° 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 11AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)49934441111999999899999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22261923202981627416258578284108110110106106106
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
2.59
5:36PM
2.25
5:46AM
2.53
6:33PM
2.24
6:44AM
2.52
7:29PM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
0.43
11:29PM
0.68
12:14PM
0.47
12:27AM
0.69
1:10PM
0.46
1:26AM
0.62
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:13-------6:11-------6:09------
Sunset----7:17-------7:19-------7:20---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C005984223310161612101011791111964
Feels °C (?)-5-4021-2-4-4-2-2511106456124430-2
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