Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 EST
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Plum Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
3.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Plum Island today?

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 2PM is: 6.0m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)16ft (5.0m)9s
Afternoon (23 Feb)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
4.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
4.5
E
5
ENE
4.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.6
NE
1.3
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
1.2
S
0.2
E
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.1
E
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)781011121212111010111010101010910510651410
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10452952562783705811742049833030890471382206123684628167608523049
Wind
(km/h)
50
NE
60
NE
60
NNE
55
N
50
N
35
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
S
20
S
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
2.70
3:55PM
2.34
4:18AM
2.65
4:54PM
2.21
5:18AM
2.59
5:59PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
-0.05
10:24PM
0.17
11:20AM
0.02
11:29PM
0.28
12:31PM
0.07
12:43AM
0.35
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-6:28-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset----5:23-------5:24-------5:27---
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C0-1-3-3-2-2-3-4-4-6-4-2-2-5-8-9-9-6011221
Feels °C (?)-12-15-18-16-15-12-11-12-12-14-11-9-9-12-14-15-15-12-6-4-4-4-4-4
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