Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
19.0° 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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 1PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
8
0.9
ENE
4
0.9
ESE
5
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
50
46
37
35
34
40
39
35
28
39
39
38
37
36
36
35
35
34
45
57
47
29
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
N
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
NW
15
NNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
15
E
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
6:04AM2.00m
6:23PM2.24m
7:03AM1.92m
7:20PM2.21m
8:05AM1.89m
8:19PM2.22m
Low Tide
12:55PM0.42m
1:38AM0.27m
1:53PM0.50m
2:37AM0.30m
2:49PM0.53m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:37
7:36
7:35
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
22
22
26
26
25
24
19
21
19
18
20
20
21
20
20
19
18
18
19
18
17
17
17
Feels °C
22
22
26
25
24
24
17
20
17
16
17
17
19
19
20
18
17
16
16
15
16
16
15
  • 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
How to use the Wavefinder 

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