Block Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.15° N 71.59° W

Block Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Block Island sea temperature is
19.3° C
1.0° 

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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Block Island at 12AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (10 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (10 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
1
SSW
6
0.9
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
7
0.8
SSW
7
0.7
SSW
7
0.6
SSW
7
0.8
E
5
0.5
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.6
S
7
0.6
SSW
7
0.6
SSW
7
0.5
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
53
53
46
39
37
29
30
31
45
63
49
60
63
63
63
48
36
27
22
24
39
40
38
27
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
10
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
10
E
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
3:38PM0.97m
4:07AM0.72m
4:45PM1.02m
5:15AM0.75m
5:51PM1.08m
6:19AM0.80m
Low Tide
10:44PM0.11m
9:48AM0.03m
11:48PM0.07m
10:52AM-0.01m
00:47AM0.02m
11:58AM-0.05m
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:22
5:22
5:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:20
8:20
8:19
8:19
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
22
22
22
21
22
22
24
27
27
26
25
22
21
20
22
24
23
22
20
20
20
19
21
22
Feels °C
20
20
22
21
24
24
25
25
24
27
26
23
19
17
19
21
20
18
19
19
17
16
18
18
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