Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
12.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Block Island today?

The current surf forecast for Block Island at 11AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (21 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)3s
Evening (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
SSW
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)676644554466766778777476
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)753321403725209778333918382626241522
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNW
20
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
0.92
8:21PM
0.68
8:40AM
0.89
8:56PM
0.66
9:12AM
0.86
9:33PM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
0.06
2:30PM
0.07
1:40AM
0.07
3:06PM
0.09
2:17AM
0.09
3:43PM
0.11
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:43------
Sunset----4:22-------4:22-------4:21---
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------211------------
Temp. °C568910101110108779754334579107
Feels °C (?)2233347674344-1-2-2-200-1012-2
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