Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
12.9°C
0.5° 

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 (24 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 5PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (24 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (24 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 7°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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)
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ENE
12
1
E
12
1
E
12
1
E
13
1
E
13
0.9
E
13
0.9
E
13
0.8
E
12
0.7
E
12
0.7
E
12
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
ESE
9
0.3
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
349
280
295
324
330
268
263
193
141
134
93
88
61
58
36
32
17
17
16
16
14
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
SW
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
10:36AM2.60m
11:02PM2.51m
11:19AM2.75m
11:47PM2.56m
12:02PM2.87m
Low Tide
5:28PM-0.02m
5:40AM0.06m
6:10PM-0.17m
6:19AM0.01m
6:52PM-0.27m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
7
12
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
15
16
15
13
12
11
10
13
19
19
17
14
Feels °C
3
9
9
8
9
8
6
6
7
11
12
11
9
8
7
5
9
15
15
13
10
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