Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 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 2.7°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 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (27 Feb)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (27 Feb)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
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 (?)
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
S
0.5
SSW
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)8888109988888887776666677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173134131124320300225205161157144113584441592623231818161724
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
N
20
E
25
NW
20
N
30
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
on
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
0.83
4:39PM
0.69
5:14AM
0.86
5:37PM
0.77
6:07AM
0.89
6:28PM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
-0.02
10:51PM
-0.05
11:55AM
-0.07
11:50PM
-0.10
12:39PM
-0.11
12:42AM
-0.13
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:24-------6:22-------6:20------
Sunset----5:34-------5:35-------5:36---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light snow
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C-1-2-2-1012334577787531-120-4-8
Feels °C (?)-8-8-6-5-5-4-3-3-2-1-1233431-3-6-7-6-9-14-18
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