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Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 16 Jan 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
5.0° 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 4AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)78899999131312121211111099999989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)888066737941655068958614213714290595365538178765974
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
35
W
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
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		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
1.96
9:51AM
2.37
10:30PM
2.03
10:32AM
2.46
11:07PM
2.12
11:10AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:18AM
0.38
4:55PM
0.06
5:00AM
0.35
5:36PM
0.03
5:39AM
0.32
6:14PM
0.01
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----7:09-------7:09-------7:09---
Sunset------4:35-------4:36-------4:37-
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------2---------
Temp. °C-2-4-6-7-6-2-2-3-3-2-11352211113331
Feels °C (?)-10-13-15-17-17-12-11-10-10-8-7-4-30-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-1-4
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