Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 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 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 10AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 27). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (27 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
1.2
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)788888888888877778876456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)811871105671352335931827019215110281584240241512125101260178
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
35
SW
25
WSW
25
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
20
NE
20
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
25
NNE
30
N
20
N
15
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
10
NW
5
SW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.79
4:25PM
0.69
4:59AM
0.79
5:29PM
0.77
5:57AM
0.81
6:23PM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
0.07
10:47AM
0.03
10:48PM
0.04
11:42AM
-0.00
11:52PM
0.00
12:30PM
-0.03
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:35----
Sunset------7:05-------7:06-------7:07-
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-33---------------------
Temp. °C998119774321-103442-1-1-11255
Feels °C (?)-1136401-2-3-3-6-9-7-4-6-4-6-9-6-6-6-7-4-5
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