Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 28 Feb 2026 EST
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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
1.8° C
(Which is 2.6°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 4PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)888777767777788777888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11911458436259243347554631221615191212282828282930
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
30
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNW
10
NW
5
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
SSW
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:37PM
0.77
6:07AM
0.89
6:28PM
0.84
6:53AM
0.90
7:15PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
-0.07
11:50PM
-0.10
12:39PM
-0.11
12:42AM
-0.13
1:20PM
-0.13
1:28AM
-0.14
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------6:20-------6:18-------6:18
Sunset--5:35-------5:36-------5:37-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C456764100-100-4-7-9-10-9-6-5-4-4-5-5-4
Feels °C (?)-11343-1-6-6-8-7-6-7-12-15-17-18-16-11-10-9-9-9-11-11
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