Is there a beach cam at Nahant Beach?

Yes. The live beach cam for Nahant Beach is at the top of this page, next to the wind and wave forecast.

Nahant Beach live beach cam & water temperature

Updated 4 Nov, 12:00 UTC

Live cam by Ocean House Surf & Skate via YouTube

Current conditions

Right now at Nahant Beach: 7 kts SW, gusts 16, 0.2 m waves, water 12 °C.

Wind7 kts

Gusts16 kts

Direction SW 235°

Waves 0.2 m

Temperature13 °C

🌊 Water temp12 °C

7-day forecast

	Tue 3	Wed 4								Thu 5								Fri 6
	21	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21	00	03	06	09	12	15	18	21	00	03	06	09	12	15	18
Wind	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	12	11	11	11	9	7	5	3	3	2	4
Gusts	14	13	14	12	16	22	20	19	17	17	18	16	23	27	25	22	23	18	14	8	10	11	10	10
Direction	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑	↑
Waves	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Temperature	17	15	13	13	17	21	22	19	16	15	16	17	19	22	20	19	18	17	17	17	19	20	19	18
Rain (mm)														1.1	0.5	0.2	1.4	0.7			0.2	0.3	0.1

Times shown in local time · Wind, waves and water temperature: ECMWF open data (CC BY 4.0) · Tides: EOT20, DGFI-TUM (CC BY 4.0)

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Surf forecast

	Wed 4						Thu 5								Fri 6
	07	10	13	16	19	22	01	04	07	10	13	16	19	22	01	04	07	10	13	16
Surf (est.)	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.3
Primary swell	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.29s↑	0.28s↑	0.37s↑	0.27s↑	0.26s↑	0.27s↑	0.18s↑	0.35s↑	0.35s↑	0.28s↑
Secondary swell	0.14s↑	0.14s↑	0.14s↑	0.14s↑	0.14s↑	0.25s↑	0.15s↑	0.15s↑	0.14s↑	0.16s↑	0.17s↑	0.19s↑	0.110s↑	0.17s↑	0.110s↑	0.18s↑	0.17s↑	0.18s↑	0.27s↑	0.110s↑
Wind waves	0.22s↑	0.23s↑	0.33s↑	0.33s↑	0.33s↑	0.33s↑	0.33s↑	0.33s↑	0.33s↑	0.43s↑	0.43s↑	0.44s↑	0.53s↑	0.43s↑	0.33s↑	0.33s↑	0.34s↑	0.22s↑	0.34s↑	0.36s↑
Waves	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Period	10s	10s	10s	9s	6s	4s	3s	4s	9s	5s	2s	3s	3s	3s	4s	5s	6s	7s	7s	8s
Power	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Groundswell	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1

Surf height is estimated from the primary swell for a beach facing it; reefs, sandbanks and the tide change it. Power in kW per metre of coast. Groundswell: waves of 12 s and longer. Swell: NOAA WAVEWATCH III · ECMWF

Wind (kts)Gusts (kts)Waves (m)

Tides (next 48 h)

Sea level from a global model (~8 km grid) — indicative only, not for navigation.

Spot info

Town: Nahant, Essex County
Water: Sea
Sports: SUP

Nahant Beach, also called Long Beach, is the mile-and-a-half sweep of sand along the causeway that links the city of Lynn to the small peninsula town of Nahant, north of Boston. It is part of the Nahant Beach Reservation run by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, with a large parking lot, a bathhouse and lifeguards in summer, and on clear days the Boston skyline is visible across the bay. This live cam is run by Ocean House Surf & Skate, a shop in Nahant, and looks over the beach and the water. The beach faces east-southeast into Massachusetts Bay, which is partly sheltered by the outer islands, so the surf is usually small; it comes alive on east and northeast swell from nor'easters, and on those days local surfers paddle out at the Nahant end. West and northwest winds are offshore, and the open, flat beach also draws kiteboarders on onshore and cross-shore days, especially in spring and fall. The water is cold most of the year, near 18 to 20 °C in August and about 3 °C in February, so a thick wetsuit is needed from fall to spring. Parking is paid in season.

Nahant Beach FAQ

Is there a beach cam at Nahant Beach?: Yes. The live beach cam for Nahant Beach is at the top of this page, next to the wind and wave forecast.

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