Scituate Harbor Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.20° N 70.71° W

Scituate Harbor 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Scituate Harbor sea temperature is
18.8°C
0.5° 

Scituate Harbor surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Scituate Harbor today (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Scituate Harbor at 2AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s

Table - waves today at Scituate Harbor. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Fri afternoon).

Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NE
5
0.5
NE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.3
ENE
5
0.3
ENE
5
0.1
E
9
0.1
E
9
0.2
E
8
0.3
E
7
0.4
E
7
0.4
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
11
11
11
5
4
2
2
5
9
17
18
19
28
27
26
25
23
23
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
N
5
ENE
5
SE
10
SSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
on
cross
High Tide
2:46PM2.88m
3:19AM2.58m
3:30PM2.77m
4:08AM2.43m
4:19PM2.65m
Low Tide
9:10PM0.09m
9:22AM0.35m
9:58PM0.22m
10:09AM0.49m
10:50PM0.35m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:52
6:51
6:49
 mm
3
Temp °C
14
15
14
14
14
15
18
23
24
20
21
21
19
18
20
20
17
18
20
Feels °C
12
13
12
12
12
13
16
21
22
18
19
20
19
19
21
20
18
19
21
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