Salisbury Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Massachusetts, USA)

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Salisbury Beach Surf Guide

Salisbury Beach in Massachusetts is an exposed beach break that has reasonably consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the west southwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the northeast. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around mid tide. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up.

Salisbury Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	9.1°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Salisbury Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Salisbury Beach occur when a Northeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West-southwest.

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What's the best time of year to surf Salisbury Beach (for consistent clean waves)?

marchBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Salisbury Beach with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of March. Clean surfable waves are typically found 10% of the time in March while 25% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 65% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

10%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

25%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

65%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

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Interactive Salisbury Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Salisbury Beach is General Edward Lawrence Logan International (Boston) Airport (BOS) in USA, 54 km (34 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Salisbury Beach is Laurence G Hanscom Fld (Bedford) Airport (BED), also in USA, 56 km (35 miles) away.

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Salisbury Beach Surf Forecasts:

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16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Saturday, 9 May 2026, 08:06 Local Time

m, °C	Saturday 09
ft, °F	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Wave (m)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on

What does Salisbury Beach look like?

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Tides at Salisbury Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Newburyport, Massachusetts, 5 km from Salisbury Beach.

Next High Water: 06:03pm | 2.17m

Next Low Water: 12:37pm | 0.41m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Salisbury Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (9.1 °C) at Salisbury Beach is very cold. You will need a quality steamer wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots. Cloudy, with an effective air temperature of (8.0 °C), so feeling about the same in the water or out of it.

Today, many surfers would wear a winter wetsuit, a neoprene hood, gloves and boots.

Current Temp*: 9.1°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

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Swell History at Salisbury Beach

Surf stats for Salisbury Beach, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

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Wind History at Salisbury Beach

Wind stats for Salisbury Beach, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

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Salisbury Beach Reviews:

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Ratings

Based on 16 votes.

Overall:2.0
Quality on a good day:3.0
Consistency of Surf:2.7
Difficulty Level:2.5
Wind and Kite Surfing:3.2
Crowds:3.5
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Review

Impartial reviews submitted by Surf-Forecast users.

Doh from United States

“Go to the farthest beach entrance by the river wall. If it's firing at The Wall (NH), it can barrel here (10/1/2019). The sandbars change frequently here but if you pay attention to them you can definitely score. Currents are very strong at this location so be aware. I had the entire wave to myself and the beach is very secluded in the off season. Free parking and the facilities/showers were still operational beginning of October. You can reserve a camp site here as well if that's your thing.”

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