Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
15.6°C
1.0° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 5PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (04 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (04 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 5°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue morning).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
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
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
5
0.7
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
7
1.1
ESE
7
1.1
ESE
8
1.2
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
1
ESE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
0.4
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
27
26
26
28
31
89
121
138
163
130
127
101
85
63
45
31
31
20
20
20
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
NW
5
WSW
15
SW
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:38PM2.58m
7:28AM2.22m
7:50PM2.56m
8:40AM2.30m
9:01PM2.57m
Low Tide
1:01PM0.42m
1:54AM0.11m
2:13PM0.37m
2:58AM0.07m
3:20PM0.26m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
14
14
14
13
12
11
11
18
19
17
13
10
8
6
5
9
13
14
11
9
Feels °C
12
10
12
13
13
11
10
8
13
12
11
6
4
2
-1
-2
1
5
8
6
5
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