Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
17.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Nahant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nahant Beach at 5PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)777788777777777777777565
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152120254040363232333735353635332726181818368349
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
10
E
5
SSE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
2.51
8:39PM
2.89
9:26AM
2.59
9:40PM
2.92
10:19AM
2.69
10:33PM
2.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
0.41
3:06AM
0.12
3:18PM
0.33
4:01AM
0.08
4:13PM
0.23
4:48AM
0.05
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:26-------6:28
Sunset--6:50-------6:47-------6:46-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918181817171718202321202019192323211917161513
Feels °C (?)16171718191818182022242120191717222320191312119
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Massachusetts

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Nahant Beach (light winds from the E at Swampscott 6 km from Nahant Beach). 0.4m 7s swell from the ESE with a 0.3m 3s local chop, also from the ESE and a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the E as well as a 0.1m 11s groundswell, also from the ESE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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