Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
3.3° 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 9AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (18 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)11111110101010109999999998888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2852301641491141111091051009896947371704442414027274159123
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
5
NNW
5
SSE
20
SE
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
2.80
11:34AM
2.99
11:58PM
2.97
12:17PM
3.05
12:37AM
3.11
1:01PM
3.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
0.02
5:45PM
-0.11
6:05AM
-0.15
6:26PM
-0.18
6:49AM
-0.28
7:08PM
-0.20
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:50-------6:48-------6:47----
Sunset------6:52-------6:53-------6:54-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-2-3-4-5-3-10-1-1-1-2-11342100159116
Feels °C (?)-11-11-12-12-10-6-5-8-7-6-7-5-4-3-1-5-5-6-6-41570
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