Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 EDT
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Block Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Block Island sea temperature is
4.0° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Block Island today?

The current surf forecast for Block Island at 12AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s

Table - waves today at Block Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)888888888887777777777766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)709705578463349264228190314314204147111998262731626151515148
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
35
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
WNW
20
WSW
20
W
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
NNE
25
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
0.84
11:12AM
0.62
11:34PM
0.78
11:48AM
0.59
12:15AM
0.72
12:32PM
0.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
0.05
5:12AM
0.08
4:31PM
0.08
5:52AM
0.13
5:13PM
0.12
6:48AM
0.18
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:20-------6:18--
Sunset7:15-------7:15-------7:16-------
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
33----------------------
Temp. °C99974345787523558631-1-100
Feels °C (?)334-1-4-6-4-5-2130-4-20-11-3-6-8-10-9-6-5
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