Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 Apr 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
6.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nahant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Nahant Beach at 10AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.5
NE
0.4
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)448884444455667788888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4361010655918293148101139150163167169138110896954
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
5
SSE
10
E
15
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
3.03
12:05AM
3.31
12:39PM
3.04
12:51AM
3.39
1:28PM
3.01
1:39AM
3.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
-0.29
5:55PM
-0.13
6:26AM
-0.41
6:40PM
-0.14
7:15AM
-0.47
7:28PM
-0.11
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:00-------5:58-------5:56------
Sunset----7:27-------7:28-------7:29---
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11-1-------------1421--
Temp. °C1091199101111987765567810118765
Feels °C (?)10896691096532222445874210
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