Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 21 Feb 2026 EST
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Plum Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
3.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Plum Island today?

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 5AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (21 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (21 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
3
E
4
ENE
5.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
4.5
E
5.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)55656667777776456781011121112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42615511711111610911081475177774742117351791216552429158545079428011
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
55
ENE
65
NE
65
NNE
55
NNE
50
N
40
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
2.71
2:13PM
2.58
2:35AM
2.73
3:01PM
2.47
3:24AM
2.70
3:55PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03PM
-0.11
8:29AM
-0.12
8:44PM
-0.05
9:18AM
-0.10
9:30PM
0.05
10:15AM
-0.05
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:31-------6:30-------6:28----
Sunset------5:22-------5:22-------5:23-
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C000-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-20111110-1-3-4-3-2
Feels °C (?)-6-6-5-11-9-7-6-5-5-6-6-8-6-5-6-8-9-10-13-16-19-17-16-12
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