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Greenhill surf break

Greenhill surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 EST
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Greenhill surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Greenhill sea temperature is
4.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Greenhill today?

The current surf forecast for Greenhill at 8AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (17 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
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
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.7
SE
0.5
S
0.9
WSW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.4
S
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)666677788888888874667788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9591139146237319418232266266264219181142115592629119266384371253362
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
W
25
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
20
N
20
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
35
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:38AM
1.24
6:54PM
1.00
7:18AM
1.27
7:35PM
1.04
7:57AM
1.28
8:16PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
0.26
12:50AM
0.20
1:42PM
0.22
1:33AM
0.18
2:19PM
0.18
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--7:09-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset----4:43-------4:45-------4:45---
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C357731112211000-2-3-3-1-10-1-3-5
Feels °C (?)-2010-4-6-4-3-2-1-2-2-5-5-6-8-8-9-10-12-10-11-13-14
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