Breachway Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Rhode Island)

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Breachway Spot ID:

Type: beach/Jetty

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SSE | Wind N

Sea Temperature Today is: 11.7 °C

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Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 02:40 Local time

m, °C	Sun	Monday 20
ft, °F	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Wave (m)	SSE	S	S	S
Period (s)	5	6	6	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on

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Breachway in Rhode Island is a quite exposed beach/Jetty break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the north with some shelter here from northeast winds. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south southeast. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Best around low tide. Sometimes crowded. Hazards include rocks, rips and jellyfish.

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Rhode-Island wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Watch Hill Point, Rhode Island, 1 miles from Breachway.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
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Breachway Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Westerly Airport, 8 km from Breachway.

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Buoy Data:

At Central Long Island Sound Buoy, 43 miles from Breachway.

	9PM	10PM	11PM	12AM
Data Age	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr	0 hr
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Overall Breachway Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Breachway: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	East Beach Lighthouse	1 mi
Second closest break	Napatree Jetty	1 mi
Third closest break	Misquamicut State Beach	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Misquamicut	6 mi
Fifth closest break	Greenhill	14 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Breachway:
Closest wave buoy	Central Long Island Sound Buoy	43 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Montauk Point Buoy	44 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Nantucket Sound Buoy	88 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Western Long Island Sound Buoy	93 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Boston Buoy	96 mi
Tide stations nearest to Breachway:
Closest tide station	Watch Hill Point	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Stonington, Fishers Island Sound	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Noank, Mystic River entrance	6 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Westerly, Pawcatuck River	6 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Weekapaug Point, Block Island Sound	6 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Breachway:
Closest ski area	Yawgoo Valley (United States)	23 mi
Second closest ski area	Powder Ridge (United States)	45 mi
Third closest ski area	Mount Southington Ski Area (United States)	58 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Ski Sundown (United States)	64 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Ski Ward Ski Area (United States)	70 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Breachway:
Closest city location	New London (United States)	12 mi
Second closest city location	Norwich (United States)	19 mi
Third closest city location	North Kingstown (United States)	27 mi
Fourth closest city location	Coventry (United States)	29 mi
Fifth closest city location	Newport (United States)	32 mi

The closest passenger airport to Breachway is Theodore Francis Green State (Providence) Airport (PVD) in USA, 59 km (37 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Breachway is North Central State (Smithfield) Airport (SFZ), also in USA, 75 km (47 miles) away.
Third is Hartford Brainard Airport (HFD) in USA, 80 km (50 miles) away.
The Francis S Gabreski (West Hampton Beach) Airport (FOK) in USA is 82 km (51 miles) away.
Bradley International (Windsor Locks) Airport (BDL), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Breachway and is 97 km (60 miles) away.

Breachway break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Breachway, Rhode Island. Use the tab navigation above to view Breachway sea temperature, Breachway photographs, Breachway detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Breachway webcams, current wind from Rhode Island live weather stations and Breachway tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Breachway.

Breachway Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Rhode Island)

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Overall Breachway Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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