Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 EDT
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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
5.1° 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 6AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
Period(s) (?)88999995558868884585581010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16689887850781325746271818111111119965561015
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
E
20
ESE
20
SE
15
NNE
10
NW
5
W
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
2.30
9:44AM
2.44
10:11PM
2.47
10:34AM
2.52
10:57PM
2.64
11:23AM
2.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16AM
0.31
4:39PM
0.18
5:01AM
0.12
5:20PM
0.07
5:46AM
-0.07
6:01PM
-0.02
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise---6:03-------6:01-------6:00----
Sunset------7:22-------7:23-------7:25-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------52-----112-----1-
Temp. °C17171515171611910141077777778811131110
Feels °C (?)151613141613769148443455566101299
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