Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 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
6.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
S
1
S
1.3
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
ESE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)557744455666666667777766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)891691219356911912310487645647857870575742352423
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
25
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
15
N
10
WNW
20
W
25
W
15
NW
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
5
NNW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
0.97
12:37PM
0.76
1:05AM
0.89
1:48PM
0.74
2:17AM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
-0.03
7:03AM
0.02
6:20PM
0.04
8:15AM
0.04
8:00PM
0.09
9:20AM
0.05
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset7:31-------7:32-------7:34-------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----111----------------
Temp. °C5555434567776791214121098788
Feels °C (?)-1-1-2-2-3-4-4-3-21342446107543253
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