Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 01 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
3.6° C
(Which is 2.0°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 1AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)888866666666667666777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56043727219115425426322922321716710660403377155315481485352236163102
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
25
NE
35
NE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
15
E
10
SE
10
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
15
N
15
ENE
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoffcrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
0.96
8:53AM
0.80
9:12PM
0.95
9:31AM
0.77
9:48PM
0.93
10:06AM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
-0.05
2:53AM
-0.08
2:45PM
-0.03
3:29AM
-0.06
3:04PM
-0.00
4:03AM
-0.03
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:26-------6:24--
Sunset7:09-------7:10-------7:13-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
121-1-------------------
Temp. °C149642100111234810111112111411117
Feels °C (?)124-2-5-7-9-10-9-8-8-6-4-215666541076-1
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