Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
3.9° 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 12PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.8
S
1.1
S
0.2
E
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)89999999991010101045105556667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42240437232628120313810660444731311720527536855101184245319
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
2.79
4:41PM
2.33
5:01AM
2.69
5:42PM
2.21
6:04AM
2.58
6:51PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
-0.11
11:13PM
0.23
12:09PM
0.00
12:23AM
0.35
1:20PM
0.08
1:38AM
0.39
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:39-------6:37-------6:35------
Sunset----6:59-------7:00-------7:00---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------111---1-
Temp. °C-1-12454321048109633571114131114
Feels °C (?)-6-6-2-1-1-3-4-5-5-6-13540-3-302610957
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