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Matunuck surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 EST
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Matunuck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Matunuck sea temperature is
4.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Matunuck today?

The current surf forecast for Matunuck at 6PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (27 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (27 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 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 (?)
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.3
SW
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)9956777777777756666111111510
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)432887284227105104624236263312117899544444
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43PM
0.69
3:22AM
0.93
3:50PM
0.71
4:26AM
0.98
4:53PM
0.77
5:25AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
0.04
8:29PM
-0.02
10:02AM
0.01
9:50PM
-0.05
11:12AM
-0.05
11:04PM
-0.10
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:00------6:58
Sunset--4:54-------4:55-------4:58-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-9-6-6-7-8-10-11-11-8-6-6-6-7-8-10-11-9-6-6-7-8-10-11-10
Feels °C (?)-17-15-16-17-16-18-19-19-16-13-12-12-13-14-17-19-17-14-15-15-16-18-19-18
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