Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 10 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
21.8° C
2.0° 

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 (10 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 3PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (10 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (10 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 30°C on Tue afternoon, min 19°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
10
Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
10
0.1
SE
10
0.1
SE
10
0.2
SSE
7
0.4
SE
3
0.5
SSE
3
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.3
SSE
4
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
E
14
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.2
SSE
8
0.1
E
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
4
4
6
6
6
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
7
4
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
5
NW
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
0
E
15
SSE
10
S
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:57AM2.30m
10:16PM2.84m
10:59AM2.40m
11:17PM2.90m
11:57AM2.50m
Low Tide
4:23AM-0.07m
4:32PM0.20m
5:22AM-0.16m
5:32PM0.11m
6:16AM-0.24m
6:28PM0.01m
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:43
5:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:51
7:50
 mm
1
Temp °C
21
21
24
26
26
25
25
23
22
23
28
30
30
27
23
22
19
20
26
27
24
23
22
Feels °C
21
22
24
25
25
24
25
24
23
23
25
26
27
26
22
21
18
19
24
27
22
22
21
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