Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
12.5°C
0.6° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 10AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 29). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (29 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (29 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 4°C on Sat morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
7
0.2
ESE
7
0.2
ESE
7
0.2
ESE
7
0.4
S
4
0.2
S
4
0.1
SE
8
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
10
0.9
NNE
6
0.7
NNE
5
0.5
NE
5
0.2
SSE
9
0.3
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
15
15
15
11
6
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
52
26
13
8
13
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:10AM2.53m
2:24PM2.95m
3:02AM2.46m
3:17PM2.87m
3:58AM2.38m
4:15PM2.76m
Low Tide
8:33AM0.09m
9:20PM-0.23m
9:28AM0.19m
10:19PM-0.13m
10:30AM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:11
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7:15
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5:39
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5:37
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5:37
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Temp °C
9
9
14
19
19
16
14
13
14
14
18
17
12
10
10
7
5
4
6
9
10
9
8
Feels °C
5
5
10
15
16
12
10
9
11
11
13
10
5
3
3
-1
-3
-3
0
4
5
4
3
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