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Block Island surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
5.2° C
 (Which is 1.7°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: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
1
S
1.5
S
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
0.7
SSW
1.6
SE
1.8
S
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)888887777766456666666568
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212169112100745436192422303938131237249197132987636152214856
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
0
SSW
5
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
S
40
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
15
WNW
15
N
10
ENE
20
E
35
ENE
40
E
15
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.73
12:05AM
0.77
12:11PM
0.65
1:02AM
0.74
1:07PM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
0.03
5:51PM
-0.01
6:28AM
0.08
6:37PM
0.04
7:35AM
0.12
7:25PM
0.08
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise--7:11-------7:11-------7:11-----
Sunset----4:34-------4:35-------4:36---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------2-----2762
Temp. °C224664434457810101085663488
Feels °C (?)-5-5-21101110-122235402-1-6-556
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