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Elbow Ledge surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 EST
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Elbow Ledge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Elbow Ledge sea temperature is
4.0° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elbow Ledge today?

The current surf forecast for Elbow Ledge at 6PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at Elbow Ledge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 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
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
WSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSE
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SW
1
SW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)887888878556677778777776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)967291503530571462234871701711681922082091571731271958845
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
10
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
0.98
8:47PM
0.89
9:04AM
0.98
9:28PM
0.91
9:47AM
0.95
10:13PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
-0.08
2:38AM
-0.07
3:12PM
-0.09
3:18AM
-0.06
3:44PM
-0.09
4:00AM
-0.03
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset--4:45-------4:45-------4:47-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C-6-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-6-4-2255433554300-1
Feels °C (?)-14-14-14-15-14-14-13-14-13-12-11-7-4-3-4-4-5-2-2-3-3-5-6-9
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