Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
4.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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 8PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
ENE
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
S
1.6
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)776566777756666678888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44337711113922326121614912110013910578781485538761159751828541450367
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
NNW
20
ENE
40
E
40
E
35
E
30
E
30
ESE
25
SE
30
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
0.77
9:48PM
0.93
10:06AM
0.72
10:23PM
0.89
10:39AM
0.67
10:58PM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
-0.00
4:03AM
-0.03
3:26PM
0.02
4:37AM
0.02
3:55PM
0.05
5:12AM
0.08
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:22-------6:22
Sunset--7:13-------7:14-------7:15-----
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1---41----
Temp. °C8810111212131212731239101010101010854
Feels °C (?)645666997-2-7-8-6-444214452-3-3
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