Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 12 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
1.7° C
(Which is 2.9°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 11AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 12). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (12 Feb)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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 (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
0.2
E
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
SE
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.1
SE
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)888889989898999999558666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363535252315157773522222344423312020
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
0.67
4:37PM
0.52
5:14AM
0.70
5:27PM
0.57
5:54AM
0.75
6:10PM
0.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
0.12
10:32PM
0.08
11:36AM
0.07
11:22PM
0.04
12:15PM
0.02
12:06AM
-0.01
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-6:45-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset----5:15-------5:16-------5:17---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-3-4-3-10-1-3-5-6-6-4-20-1-2-3-2-2-112210
Feels °C (?)-14-15-12-9-8-9-11-13-13-12-10-8-7-8-9-9-9-9-8-6-5-4-4-6
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