Plum Island surf break

Plum Island surfForecast / Massachusetts / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 27 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 7PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)885555556588888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)654755352831385359381717171515161321333019111221
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
NNW
10
ENE
0
ENE
10
N
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
0
SSE
0
WSW
25
NW
15
NW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
2.14
8:29AM
2.49
9:22PM
2.22
9:40AM
2.51
10:24PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.10
2:49AM
0.35
3:34PM
0.06
3:54AM
0.25
4:31PM
-0.00
4:51AM
0.12
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:31-------6:28
Sunset--7:02-------7:04-------7:05-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C34320-1-3-4-3-1120-2-2-226953344
Feels °C (?)-4-2-2-2-5-8-9-10-8-6-3-2-8-8-7-8-4-13-4-4-3-2-1
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