Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 21 Feb 2026 EST
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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
2.2° 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 8PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (21 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
E
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.1
E
1.4
E
2.1
E
3
E
4
E
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
2.3
SE
2.1
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)779888887456789101011101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)497112311292696344304697325109623013737656171661190925627460314198146
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
N
10
E
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
55
ENE
65
ENE
80
NE
90
NE
95
NE
90
NNE
70
N
55
NNW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09AM
0.79
10:30PM
0.90
10:56AM
0.73
11:20PM
0.87
11:50AM
0.66
12:21AM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
-0.11
4:50AM
-0.05
4:36PM
-0.08
5:56AM
0.00
5:26PM
-0.05
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------6:31-------6:30-------6:28
Sunset--5:27-------5:28-------5:29-----
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
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mod snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12100000111111110-1-1-1-2-2-1-4
Feels °C (?)-3-1-3-6-6-6-7-7-7-8-8-11-13-17-18-19-19-17-14-13-13-13-12-15
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