Nahant Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a long, hard look at what’s coming up for your local stretch of sand. I gotta be straight with you – this 16-day run is a rough one. There's really nothing to get excited about. From the start right through to the 17th of August, we are looking at a persistent run of tiny, weak surf. The first real gap you’ll notice is pretty much the whole period; you'd be hard-pressed to find a single proper wave in that time.

Nahant Beach is the only break on the cards, and honestly, it’s a tough watch. The water is sitting at a very chilly 64°F, which is -5°F colder than usual for this time of year – that’s way more than just a nip, that’s a full-on teeth-chattering anomaly.

The combined swell energy pretty much stays in the doldrums, hitting a meagre 11 (weak) on the 2nd of August and struggling to climb. It barely touches into triple figures a couple of times later on, like 41 on the 14th of August and 43 on the 15th of August, but even those are still weak overall. The swell heights are pathetic, mostly hovering below 3ft for a tiny weak windswell from the SE or SSE. The period is short and fat, mostly between 4 to 8 seconds, so there’s no power or shape to anything.

The winds are mostly a mixed bag of cross-off or cross-shore breezes. There are a few moments of near-calm on the 12th of August morning and the 13th of August morning with a glassy surface, but with waves barely reaching 2ft and 1.0ft respectively, it’s just pretty water, not surf. You’ll get a bit of clean, gentle offshore wind from the west on the 7th of August morning, but again, on a 0.7ft wave, that's just a lake.

Later in the run, around the 14th and 15th of August, you see the energy bump up just a touch to 43, with swell from the E reaching 2ft and a slightly longer 7-second period, with clean cross-off winds. But it’s still mousey. For a spot like this, with the swell direction coming from the ESE and ENE, it’s not even hitting the optimum ENE direction properly. Everything is just too small, too weak, or blown out.

For a beginner, there’s absolutely nothing rideable here. For a kiter, the setup looks more interesting than paddle surfing on most of these days. We just have to call it what it is: a very flat, quiet 16 days ahead. No standouts, no hidden gems. Sometimes the ocean just takes a long nap.

Stay patient, check back later.

- Rusty

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