Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
19.5° C
0.1° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 4AM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (06 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 33°C on Sat afternoon, min 23°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SE
6
0.5
SSE
5
0.3
SE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.7
S
4
0.8
S
5
0.6
SSE
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.4
SE
7
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
21
11
12
6
13
8
9
4
18
29
20
13
28
18
14
14
9
10
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
0
WNW
10
ESE
15
SE
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
off
off
High Tide
5:14PM2.63m
5:43AM2.32m
6:08PM2.65m
6:41AM2.25m
7:06PM2.67m
Low Tide
00:04AM0.12m
12:11PM0.25m
1:07AM0.11m
1:13PM0.30m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
mod rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:39
5:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:59
7:58
7:55
 mm
1
1
1
1
10
9
Temp °C
30
29
26
23
23
24
29
31
31
30
27
26
25
26
30
30
29
23
23
Feels °C
28
29
26
23
25
26
32
33
33
33
29
29
27
29
33
32
30
25
25
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