Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 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
2.9° C
(Which is 1.9°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: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.9
SSW
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)77777666885566668871010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35828119214510286453433153809310697985611255709290795051
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
W
20
NNW
10
NW
5
NNE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSW
20
SW
15
W
5
NNW
35
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
10
N
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
0.85
10:25PM
1.01
10:53AM
0.80
11:13PM
0.98
11:43AM
0.75
12:07AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
-0.15
3:48PM
-0.14
4:52AM
-0.11
4:30PM
-0.11
5:49AM
-0.05
5:17PM
-0.06
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:48-------6:47-------6:45------
Sunset----6:59-------7:00-------7:00---
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------37114-------
Temp. °C56810118544567687422134211
Feels °C (?)0237840-2-2-2-10145-4-7-8-8-4-3-4-3-6
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