Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 13 Mar 2026 EDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
3.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Plum Island today?

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 8AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 13). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (13 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (13 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.3
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)8889999956677778101010101010103
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29323529202122237514314515412453342828111042229
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
SW
10
SW
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
5
NE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
2.19
8:23PM
1.91
8:40AM
2.25
9:19PM
2.01
9:34AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.64
3:08PM
0.41
3:19AM
0.59
3:59PM
0.34
4:09AM
0.50
4:44PM
0.25
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise---6:58-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------6:45-------6:46-------6:49-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------2--------------
Temp. °C-1-3-3-30342236455520-1-3-30112
Feels °C (?)-10-11-11-9-6-4-1-6-6-4-1-3-3-4-4-8-9-9-11-9-4-5-6-5
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Plum Island surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest