At an airfield/2.4 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Surfside Beach
Surfside Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Nantucket County, MassachusettsGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 4 to 7 feet expected. For the Gale Watch, northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 5 to 8 feet possible. * WHERE...Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 6 AM to 6 PM EDT Friday. For the Gale Watch, from Friday evening through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
50°
69°/46°
Clear·
Feels like 47°·Light breeze 8 mph ESE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Surfside Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 1 PM, the chance peaking at 61% around 3 PM.
Now. Surfside Beach is 50° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 47°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (77%). Rain is possible Monday (32%) and Tuesday (40%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
50feels47
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6946
80%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5545
77%
22mph
Sun
Oct 18
5543
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
5845
32%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
5948
40%
19mph
Wed
Oct 21
5848
18%
22mph
Thu
Oct 22
5746
20%
21mph
50°
69°46°
55°45°
55°43°
58°45°
59°48°
58°48°
57°46°
As of 12:00 AM in Surfside Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Surfside Beach
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 30 miles off.
27Good
- Ozone27Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Surfside Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Surfside Beach, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 172°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Nantucket MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 20.6 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast ModerateSouth Coast High
- Surf height
- East Coast 4 to 6 feetSouth Coast 3 to 5 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast Around 60South Coast In the lower 60s
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 0.7 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- -
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:10 AM
- Distance
- 20.6 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12:10 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNE (21°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (5°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (12°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (1°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (352°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NW (321°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (341°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 2 s | NW (318°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 2 s | W (268°) |
Surf zone forecast
Nantucket MA, including Nantucket. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast ModerateSouth Coast High | East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate |
| Surf height | East Coast 4 to 6 feetSouth Coast 3 to 5 feet | East Coast 3 to 6 feetSouth Coast 3 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast Around 60South Coast In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers |
| High temperature | Around 60 | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 15 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | NantucketHigh 3.5 ft, 4:00 PMGreat PointHigh 3.1 ft, 3:42 PM | NantucketLow 1.0 ft, 10:16 AMHigh 3.4 ft, 4:49 PMGreat PointLow 0.7 ft, 10:02 AMHigh 3.0 ft, 4:29 PM |
- Saturday
- Surf height 5 to 8 feet. Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 20 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 15 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Nantucket County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.2329° N
- Longitude
- 70.0975° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Surfside Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Nantucket IslandNDBC-NTKM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station DW0935DW0935
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/32.9 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nantucket 1.9 SSEMA-NT-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nantucket ASOSACKM3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Surfside Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nantuckettown, 4 mi
- Madaketcommunity, 6 mi
- Siasconsetcommunity, 7 mi
- Edgartowncommunity, 25 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 29 mi
- Dennis Portcommunity, 30 mi
- West Yarmouthcommunity, 30 mi
- West Denniscommunity, 30 mi
- Popponessetcommunity, 30 mi
- Harwich Portcommunity, 30 mi
- Popponesset Islandcommunity, 31 mi
- New Seaburycommunity, 31 mi
Beaches near Surfside Beach
- South Shoreunder 1 mi
- Fisherman's Beachunder 1 mi
- Miacomet Beach1 mi
- Surfside Beach1 mi
- Nobadeer Beach2 mi
- Madequecham Beach3 mi
- Clean Shore3 mi
- South Beach3 mi