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Elbow Ledge surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 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
4.1° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 1PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.3
SSW
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.1
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)777644666666666668888988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98821112674131784938262471313662169190160167177140116
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
15
ESE
15
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
N
10
NW
5
NNW
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
30
W
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffoffglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13PM
0.82
12:45AM
0.91
1:02PM
0.74
1:37AM
0.86
1:53PM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
0.11
5:49PM
0.06
6:36AM
0.17
6:36PM
0.10
8:00AM
0.20
7:31PM
0.13
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise--7:09-------7:09-------7:09-----
Sunset----4:32-------4:34-------4:35---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1-----134---11----
Temp. °C3456789108456434444455310
Feels °C (?)010132264021-1-3-100211-1-3-7-10
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