Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 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
5.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)
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How big are the waves at Nahant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nahant Beach at 4PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
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 (?)
0.8
NE
0.9
NNE
0.2
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.5
NE
0.3
SE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.7
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.7
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)441210999998586775811455666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2026121514131312121114975521214605227169
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
3.04
2:39AM
2.81
2:54PM
2.86
3:29AM
2.76
3:48PM
2.67
4:20AM
2.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
0.04
8:19PM
-0.15
8:39AM
0.13
9:08PM
0.02
9:34AM
0.23
9:57PM
0.19
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:11-------
Sunset--4:25-------4:27-------4:28-----
cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C0-10111111454332225668875
Feels °C (?)-6-6-4-3-4-3-4-3-302100-2-2-30-103431
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