K38 and 39 Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks)

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K38 and 39 surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 EDT

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K38 and 39 surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's K38 and 39 sea temperature is 20.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at K38 and 39 today?

The current surf forecast for K38 and 39 at 6PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

Table - waves today at K38 and 39. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	38	31	30	30	26	34	78	78	99	126	103	103	103	112	113	111	108	85	73	76	77	58	49	55
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:07PM 1.02				3:39AM 0.80				4:14PM 1.01				4:45AM 0.85					5:15PM 1.03				5:41AM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)	8:30AM 0.12				10:10PM 0.13				10:05AM 0.12					11:17PM 0.09				11:20AM 0.08				12:09AM 0.05

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	20	19	18	18	17	16	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	16	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19
Feels °C (?)	19	20	18	18	18	18	16	14	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	14	16	18	19	18	20	20	20	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rhode Island

Wind Update light winds from the SE at BUOY-NWPR1 suggest that is cross-shore at K38 and 39. 0.6m 5s windswell from the ESE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 21 minutes ago K38 and 39

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20 km away, 1 h 21 min ago

17 km/h

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20.3

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