Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
18.6° C
1.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Plum Island today (07 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 12AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)--
Afternoon (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (07 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Plum Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 33°C on Sun afternoon, min 22°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.5
SSE
5
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SSE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
0.8
S
4
0.7
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
15
9
14
9
9
11
14
14
9
10
10
10
10
9
15
9
25
23
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
W
5
NW
0
SE
0
NNW
10
E
10
E
5
NNW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:08PM2.65m
6:41AM2.25m
7:06PM2.67m
7:45AM2.22m
8:08PM2.71m
Low Tide
1:07AM0.11m
1:13PM0.30m
2:14AM0.08m
2:20PM0.32m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:39
5:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:58
7:55
7:54
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
28
28
27
25
25
25
30
31
31
30
29
26
24
22
25
25
22
22
23
Feels °C
31
31
30
28
27
27
32
33
32
31
30
27
26
25
29
26
23
25
26
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