Block Island Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, my friends, Rusty here with the straight talk on Block Island. I'm looking at the next couple of weeks, and honestly, it's a long, flat, woeful stretch before we see anything that's even remotely rideable.

We're starting on the 6th of September and it's a complete no-go. We're talking tiny swell, bad wind directions, and a whole lot of nothing. Swell heights are barely a foot or so, and the periods are short and weak. The wave energy is pathetic. Even when the wind goes glassy on Sunday afternoon, there's no swell to work with. This flat patch just keeps rolling on, day after day, with the wind shifting onshore and the swell staying microscopic. The energy readings are all in the dirt. The first week is a complete write-off.

Things get a bit of a pulse, but not in a good way, around Thursday the 10th of September. The swell jumps up to around 7ft, but it's onshore and messy. The wave energy kicks up to a moderate 454 and then a strong 595, but that wind is going to chop it to pieces. At that size, 7ft, with a period of just 7 seconds, it's going to be a bumpy, ugly mess that's only for the truly grommets. The *Block Island* point, which almost never breaks anyway, isn't going to save us.

Now, here's the one and only ray of sunshine. On Friday the 11th of September, things actually look promising. We've got a solid 5ft swell from the SSW, and the wind is blowing clean offshore from the NNE. The wave energy is a solid 285, and the period is a manageable 8 seconds. The forecast is actually calling for "good surf conditions" and a "clean" wave state. This is the standout of the entire forecast window. The *Block Island* point will finally have some proper lines, with that offshore wind grooming the faces. The water temperature is around 70°F, which is normal for this time of year. It's not perfect, but it's the only real session we've got. By the afternoon the wind shifts and the swell drops, so the morning is your window.

After that, we're back into the deep freeze. From Saturday the 12th all the way to Monday the 21st of September, it's a long, solid run of poor conditions. The swell is tiny, the wind is junk, and the energy barely registers. It's flat, hopeless, and a total bust. There's a tiny blip on Thursday the 17th with a 4ft swell and some cross-off wind, but the period is a weak 5 seconds and the wave energy is only 73. That's not surfable.

The bottom line is this: the entire 16-day forecast is a one-hit wonder. Your only real chance to get wet is the morning of Friday the 11th of September. Make the call, because it's going to be a long, dry spell after that.

Rusty.

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