Plum Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.80° N 70.81° W

Plum Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 19 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Plum Island sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.6° 

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 (19 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Plum Island at 10AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (19 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (19 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the NE by Tue night).

Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
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
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
3
0.1
SE
10
0.1
SE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.4
SE
5
0.3
ESE
10
0.7
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.7
ESE
10
1.7
ESE
10
1.7
ESE
10
2
E
10
1.9
E
9
2.2
E
9
2.5
ENE
9
2.5
ENE
9
2.3
ENE
9
2.1
E
8
2
E
8
2
E
9
2
E
9
1.9
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
10
10
18
76
168
360
453
625
610
574
710
601
792
913
908
754
647
579
595
607
561
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
N
25
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:33AM1.99m
6:49PM2.23m
7:29AM2.05m
7:45PM2.25m
8:22AM2.16m
8:39PM2.30m
Low Tide
1:17AM0.45m
1:33PM0.67m
2:10AM0.44m
2:28PM0.60m
2:59AM0.39m
3:18PM0.48m
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Temp °C
8
8
8
9
10
9
9
9
8
8
9
11
12
12
12
11
8
6
5
6
7
7
8
8
Feels °C
4
4
5
7
7
6
7
6
4
4
4
5
8
8
9
5
1
-1
-2
-1
1
2
4
4
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