Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 02 Mar 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
2.3° C
(Which is 2.2°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 12PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (02 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)877788888888857888888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1526252528283636352829363749294419406394316273234204172143
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
W
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
15
NW
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
0.90
7:15PM
0.90
7:36AM
0.89
7:58PM
0.93
8:17AM
0.86
8:39PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
-0.13
1:28AM
-0.14
1:56PM
-0.13
2:11AM
-0.14
2:27PM
-0.11
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:16------
Sunset----5:37-------5:38-------5:39---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------42144-------
Temp. °C-6-8-8-7-6-5-5-5-4-3-10457544566666
Feels °C (?)-14-15-14-11-11-10-10-10-10-9-7-6-2130-2-1144343
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