Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 29 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 6PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 29). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (29 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
1
S
1.2
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)888458888877666668995566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1313738761010101111798456312618142729303369154211
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
ENE
20
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
15
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40AM
2.51
10:24PM
2.33
10:42AM
2.55
11:15PM
2.44
11:34AM
2.56
11:59PM
2.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
-0.00
4:51AM
0.12
5:22PM
-0.06
5:43AM
-0.01
6:09PM
-0.09
6:31AM
-0.10
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-------6:28-------6:26-------6:26
Sunset--7:05-------7:06-------7:07-----
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C37107445510151613111111119522241416
Feels °C (?)-4140-2-2-2-2410118789970-4-3-121112
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