Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 06 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 1.6°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 12PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.7
SSW
1.9
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)888886887777776777665444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)349309228187339220196151136105796145353718159841710106
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
35
WNW
30
W
35
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
10
NW
15
N
10
ENE
20
ESE
15
E
5
N
15
WNW
35
NW
40
NNW
40
N
35
NNE
30
NE
20
ENE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
0.62
11:34PM
0.78
11:48AM
0.59
12:15AM
0.72
12:32PM
0.55
1:06AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
0.08
4:31PM
0.08
5:52AM
0.13
5:13PM
0.12
6:48AM
0.18
6:04PM
0.16
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:18------
Sunset----7:15-------7:16-------7:17---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C5445677543346620-1-1011100
Feels °C (?)-2-5-4-4-4-13-1-1-3-222-3-8-10-10-9-6-4-5-4-5-4
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