Elbow Ledge surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 EDT
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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
20.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Elbow Ledge today?

The current surf forecast for Elbow Ledge at 1AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.1
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)999668778877777777777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21122018254544514645119332317222419191918117107
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
NW
15
N
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14PM
1.04
4:42AM
0.95
5:20PM
1.05
5:43AM
1.01
6:16PM
1.08
6:36AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
0.17
11:14AM
0.18
12:28AM
0.14
12:06PM
0.15
1:03AM
0.12
12:47PM
0.11
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:28--
Sunset6:52-------6:51-------6:50-------
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C191717161716192020191919181820212120202019192325
Feels °C (?)161515141514171818181919181821232321202018182225
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rhode Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Elbow Ledge (light winds from the NE at BUOY-NWPR1 7 km from Elbow Ledge). 0.2m 8s swell from the SSE to make surfable waves.

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11 km/h
NE
Cross-Off
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