Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
18.8°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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (03 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (03 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 25°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.9
SE
5
0.8
SE
5
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.5
ESE
7
0.5
ESE
7
0.3
SE
8
0.4
ESE
7
1.2
ENE
5
1.3
ENE
6
1.1
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
42
40
39
32
37
39
43
44
47
45
47
48
53
53
40
38
30
30
9
20
72
119
100
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
WNW
5
NE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
0
W
5
SW
5
SW
10
SE
10
SE
0
SSE
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
N
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
4:28AM2.37m
4:49PM2.69m
5:24AM2.28m
5:46PM2.65m
6:26AM2.21m
6:49PM2.63m
Low Tide
10:53AM0.23m
11:46PM0.06m
11:54AM0.32m
00:54AM0.11m
1:03PM0.38m
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:15
7:13
7:10
 mm
1
5
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
18
17
19
21
22
21
18
18
18
18
23
25
24
22
20
18
17
17
18
18
17
15
15
Feels °C
18
16
21
23
24
23
19
19
20
20
25
25
25
24
20
17
16
15
16
17
13
12
12
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