Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 22 Oct 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
14.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Nahant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nahant Beach at 11PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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 (?)
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
SE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)56557576612121212121212911111212888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181514757334111111252525241210102311101011
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
S
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
2.68
12:59PM
2.90
1:33AM
2.61
1:36PM
2.86
2:13AM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:41PM
0.06
6:49AM
0.33
7:20PM
0.09
7:27AM
0.40
7:59PM
0.15
8:06AM
0.48
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:05-------7:07--
Sunset5:51-------5:49-------5:47-------
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C17141211109121415121099811121212977679
Feels °C (?)129765468108656581098533235
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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 SW at Swampscott 6 km from Nahant Beach). 0.6m 6s windswell from the SE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
SW
Clean
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