Nahant Beach surf break

Nahant Beach surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 19 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
3.7° 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 6PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1
S
0.6
ESE
1
S
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)999998888884968888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)737170444241402727262736597372783432212019171716
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SE
10
SSE
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
SW
15
S
30
SSW
35
SW
30
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
3.05
12:37AM
3.11
1:01PM
3.07
1:18AM
3.21
1:46PM
3.03
2:01AM
3.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
-0.18
6:49AM
-0.28
7:08PM
-0.20
7:35AM
-0.35
7:51PM
-0.16
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:47-------6:46-------6:43
Sunset--6:53-------6:54-------6:55-----
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------11--------1--
Temp. °C035311204997766778853222
Feels °C (?)-5-20-4-5-5-3-5042-10133001-2-3-3-2-1
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