Misquamicut State Beach surf break

Misquamicut State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 EDT
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Misquamicut State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Misquamicut State Beach sea temperature is
3.1° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Misquamicut State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Misquamicut State Beach at 9PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s

Table - waves today at Misquamicut State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SE
0.8
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.3
SSW
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)885667777777668645666668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33326914322341044424618312474563941234928789410671605454
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
15
W
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38AM
0.84
10:07PM
1.00
10:25AM
0.81
10:57PM
1.00
11:16AM
0.78
11:50PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35PM
-0.08
4:32AM
-0.03
4:19PM
-0.07
5:25AM
-0.01
5:09PM
-0.05
6:22AM
0.02
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:48-------6:46
Sunset--6:58-------6:59-------7:00-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----36-------------24---
Temp. °C56676667811129545678878522
Feels °C (?)0-1-200-13336751-101125550-5-5
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