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Greenhill surf break

Greenhill surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 16 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
4.4° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Greenhill today?

The current surf forecast for Greenhill at 2AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
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
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)888888888776677788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341301207283427434338221160121120123170197249310256238266265223217182146
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
1.20
6:10PM
0.96
6:38AM
1.24
6:54PM
1.00
7:18AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
0.27
12:23PM
0.30
12:06AM
0.23
1:03PM
0.26
12:50AM
0.20
1:42PM
0.22
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise----7:09-------7:09-------7:07---
Sunset------4:42-------4:43-------4:45-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
light snow
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C-1-3-5-5-4-2000256782222332100
Feels °C (?)-9-12-14-14-14-12-9-8-7-4-2-101-6-5-3-2-1-1-3-3-4-4
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