Nantasket Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.31° N 70.88° W

Nantasket Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nantasket Beach sea temperature is
18.0° C
2.1° 

Nantasket Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Nantasket Beach today (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Nantasket Beach at 11AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.4
E
7
0.4
E
6
0.3
E
6
0.3
E
6
0.3
E
6
0.6
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
4
0.8
ESE
5
0.9
E
5
1.5
E
6
2
E
7
2.2
E
7
2.2
E
7
2
ENE
7
1.8
E
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
6
1.2
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
24
23
22
22
14
13
7
7
7
37
21
33
43
160
371
515
522
382
285
181
132
110
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
25
NE
30
NNE
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:32AM2.47m
11:32PM2.90m
12:10PM2.54m
00:12AM2.94m
12:47PM2.61m
Low Tide
5:21AM0.20m
5:18PM0.46m
5:58AM0.15m
5:58PM0.40m
6:34AM0.11m
6:38PM0.34m
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:31
5:31
5:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:07
8:06
8:05
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
4
9
6
Temp °C
19
21
26
28
27
23
21
20
20
22
22
21
20
19
19
18
17
16
18
18
17
17
17
Feels °C
20
22
26
27
25
22
21
20
21
22
21
21
20
19
19
15
13
12
14
13
13
14
15
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