Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
19.2° C
1.5° 

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 (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 9AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (08 Jul)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
7
1.5
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.2
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
8
1
E
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.8
E
8
1.1
S
6
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
225
220
244
210
226
215
186
178
147
118
96
96
99
104
82
72
63
48
48
33
31
29
30
19
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
15
N
15
NE
10
ENE
10
E
20
SE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NE
15
E
5
E
10
SSE
5
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross
glassy
High Tide
6:07AM2.36m
6:36PM2.61m
7:04AM2.31m
7:30PM2.68m
8:04AM2.28m
8:28PM2.76m
Low Tide
00:31AM0.24m
12:42PM0.23m
1:30AM0.16m
1:36PM0.25m
2:31AM0.07m
2:36PM0.25m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:11
5:13
5:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:22
 mm
1
2
3
1
Temp °C
17
17
18
19
20
21
19
20
20
21
23
29
31
30
27
23
22
21
22
24
23
22
21
20
Feels °C
16
17
17
19
20
19
18
19
20
20
23
29
31
30
27
24
23
23
23
25
23
24
23
23
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