Elbow Ledge Surf Forecast

/ Rhode Island (33 breaks) / Rhode Island (34 breaks) /

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Elbow Ledge surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 04 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 20.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elbow Ledge today?

The current surf forecast for Elbow Ledge at 3PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	7s
Afternoon (04 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (04 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

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

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	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	9	9	8	7	7	7	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	11	10	16	13	21	25	32	28	22	27	42	67	108	140	151	98	74	85	80	70	47	64	38	29
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	NW	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				5:59PM 0.98				6:21AM 0.92				6:45PM 1.06				7:08AM 1.03				7:29PM 1.13				7:52AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)		11:33AM 0.14				12:31AM 0.12				12:22PM 0.07				1:07AM 0.04				1:09PM 0.01				1:43AM -0.02

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	20	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	23	23	22	22	21	20	18	17
Feels °C (?)	18	18	19	18	19	19	21	20	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	22	23	23	21	23	23	21	18	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rhode Island

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Elbow Ledge (light winds from the S at SHIP288 5 km from Elbow Ledge). 0.4m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.2m 2s local chop from the S and a 0.1m 9s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 42 minutes ago Elbow Ledge

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1 h 42 min ago

11 km/h

Cross-On

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