Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 10 Mar 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
2.2° C
(Which is 2.4°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 8AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1.4
SSW
1.8
S
2
S
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)777777667666666677778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1241251027775777273334172666491126251355497639560397499331298
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
20
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.68
1:02PM
0.51
2:08AM
0.63
2:09PM
0.48
3:34AM
0.61
3:51PM
0.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
0.18
6:35PM
0.13
9:11AM
0.20
7:43PM
0.16
10:19AM
0.19
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise---7:07-------7:05-------7:03----
Sunset------6:45-------6:47-------6:49-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------12------
Temp. °C1613996561211106459111099878332
Feels °C (?)1210551-117672-12664220-13-4-6-8
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