Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 26 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 5AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (26 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.7
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)10105556777788885555556988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171746626780105156197111159105644834362472574952291818
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
10
SSE
10
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NE
10
N
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
2.58
6:51PM
2.14
7:14AM
2.51
8:07PM
2.14
8:29AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
0.35
1:20PM
0.08
1:38AM
0.39
2:30PM
0.10
2:49AM
0.35
3:34PM
0.06
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:35-------6:35-------6:33----
Sunset------7:00-------7:02-------7:04-
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-1----104--------------
Temp. °C55681114171389943330-2-3-4-4-2011
Feels °C (?)-3-21369149573-3-5-6-4-7-8-9-9-9-7-5-5-5
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