Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.15° N 71.59° W

Block Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Block Island sea temperature is
15.6°C
2.0° 

Block Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Block Island today (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Block Island at 11PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu night, min 15°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
0.4
SE
12
1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1.2
SW
5
1.3
SSW
5
1.4
SW
6
1.4
SW
6
1.3
SSW
6
1
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
6
0.4
ESE
11
0.4
ESE
11
0.4
ESE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
35
35
41
51
66
79
97
128
142
128
80
58
46
46
45
42
26
25
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNE
25
NE
20
ENE
25
E
30
E
25
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
00:10AM0.77m
12:37PM0.98m
1:16AM0.74m
1:49PM0.93m
Low Tide
6:29PM0.11m
5:40AM0.08m
7:57PM0.14m
6:49AM0.13m
9:12PM0.14m
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
20
20
21
21
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20
19
19
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21
18
17
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Feels °C
18
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19
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15
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