Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
17.0° C
2.3° 

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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 6AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (28 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
7
0.6
E
7
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
1
SSE
4
1.1
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
5
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.9
SE
4
0.9
ESE
5
1.1
ESE
5
0.9
SE
6
1.3
ENE
5
1.7
NE
5
2.1
NE
6
2.5
ENE
7
2.5
NE
7
2.5
NE
7
2.3
NE
7
2.1
NE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
33
39
36
60
35
46
37
21
18
17
21
28
35
57
52
80
166
307
553
577
556
494
410
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
15
SE
20
SE
0
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:21PM2.44m
11:58AM2.11m
00:00AM2.51m
12:33PM2.19m
00:37AM2.56m
1:07PM2.28m
Low Tide
6:23AM0.11m
6:28PM0.38m
7:03AM0.09m
7:07PM0.35m
7:39AM0.07m
7:44PM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:30
5:31
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:07
8:07
8:06
 mm
5
3
2
1
2
3
4
3
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
19
18
20
23
24
23
21
20
19
19
20
20
20
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
18
18
19
18
Feels °C
20
20
22
23
23
26
22
20
20
20
20
20
20
19
20
19
17
16
14
14
15
16
17
16
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