Scituate Harbor Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.20° N 70.71° W

Scituate Harbor 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Scituate Harbor sea temperature is
20.0° C
0.6° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Scituate Harbor at 8AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 20°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
16
0.1
E
16
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.2
N
3
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
E
13
0.6
S
3
0.6
S
4
0.6
S
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
1
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
8
9
8
Wind (km/h)
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
30
WNW
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
ENE
20
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSE
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
00:48AM3.33m
1:30PM2.90m
1:42AM3.26m
2:21PM2.92m
2:36AM3.13m
3:12PM2.91m
Low Tide
7:19AM-0.39m
7:32PM-0.07m
8:09AM-0.33m
8:25PM-0.04m
8:58AM-0.22m
9:19PM0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:20
5:20
5:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:15
8:15
8:15
 mm
Temp °C
22
21
23
28
31
31
25
24
22
20
20
24
26
25
25
24
22
20
20
25
29
26
21
20
Feels °C
19
18
20
25
27
26
22
22
18
16
15
20
23
20
23
22
20
18
18
23
26
23
18
16
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