Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
3.4° 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 11AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)59101010101045667778888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49272830171717245715428447952570310801181994533318273238178151127
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
15
W
5
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
40
SW
15
W
15
NNW
25
NNE
25
NE
25
E
30
E
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.65
2:28AM
0.81
3:09PM
0.65
3:49AM
0.79
4:25PM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
0.05
7:30PM
0.05
9:44AM
0.06
9:25PM
0.07
10:47AM
0.03
10:48PM
0.04
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:41-------6:39-------6:37------
Sunset----7:02-------7:04-------7:05---
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light rain
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light rain
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C3444556899877898910774321
Feels °C (?)-5-10-2-2-2-1231-1-20-1-2-16711-3-5-5-6
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