Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
17.7°C
0.3° 

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 (15 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 9PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (15 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NE
4
0.5
NE
5
0.2
ESE
9
0.4
NE
5
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.7
SSE
4
0.7
S
4
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
12
8
8
8
8
9
9
8
8
8
15
17
17
18
18
18
27
26
17
16
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
10
E
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
5
SE
5
S
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross
High Tide
3:16PM2.48m
3:46AM2.22m
4:00PM2.38m
4:33AM2.08m
4:46PM2.30m
Low Tide
9:44AM0.14m
10:16PM0.02m
10:31AM0.29m
11:07PM0.15m
11:21AM0.44m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:52
6:52
6:50
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
19
24
27
25
22
20
18
16
17
19
18
18
18
Feels °C
12
13
12
13
12
12
12
11
16
22
25
24
22
20
17
15
16
19
19
19
19
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