East Beach Lighthouse surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 EDT
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East Beach Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's East Beach Lighthouse sea temperature is
2.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at East Beach Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for East Beach Lighthouse at 7AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

Table - waves today at East Beach Lighthouse. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)101010101010999999988888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69454447340734128323222718818415414711611172885338343434353543
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
0.83
8:40AM
0.84
8:59PM
0.90
9:22AM
0.86
9:41PM
0.94
10:05AM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
-0.08
2:59PM
-0.10
3:27AM
-0.11
3:34PM
-0.13
4:09AM
-0.12
4:10PM
-0.14
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:54-------6:52-------6:50----
Sunset------6:55-------6:57-------6:59-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C0-2-2-3-20-1-1-1-1-1-1011122224554
Feels °C (?)-8-9-9-8-8-5-8-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-3-4-3-200-1-2
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