Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 05 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
1.7° C
(Which is 1.6°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 10PM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)--
Afternoon (05 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (05 Mar)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
E
1.7
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)567777778889999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8825833837130726836132048947745042538636331832928728024921819913511086
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
2.97
1:11PM
2.87
1:27AM
2.93
1:53PM
2.73
2:07AM
2.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
-0.09
6:57AM
-0.09
7:14PM
0.03
7:40AM
-0.01
7:54PM
0.17
8:24AM
0.10
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:09-------6:07--
Sunset5:37-------5:37-------5:39-------
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C0000-1-10000011114568910101113
Feels °C (?)-7-7-7-7-8-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-2-3-40013567910
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