Nantasket Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.31° N 70.88° W

Nantasket Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nantasket Beach sea temperature is
14.9°C
0.3° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Nantasket Beach at 2PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (12 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (12 Oct)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ENE
5
0.7
E
5
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.6
E
6
0.6
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
5
1.5
ENE
6
1.6
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.2
ENE
7
1
E
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
7
0.9
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.6
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.4
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
25
52
41
33
36
24
26
91
169
230
210
163
131
89
107
91
76
68
52
39
26
16
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
20
N
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
NW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
12:55PM3.10m
1:28AM2.79m
1:35PM3.04m
2:10AM2.68m
2:15PM2.95m
Low Tide
6:44AM0.14m
7:15PM-0.07m
7:24AM0.24m
7:57PM0.01m
8:05AM0.36m
8:39PM0.12m
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:52
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6:54
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6:07
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6:05
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 mm
1
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1
1
1
1
1
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1
2
1
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Temp °C
12
12
13
18
21
18
17
12
10
11
11
12
13
14
16
17
17
17
21
22
22
19
17
Feels °C
8
9
11
17
19
16
15
7
5
7
7
9
10
12
14
15
16
16
20
20
20
17
15
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