Scarborough State Beach surf break

Scarborough State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 EDT
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Scarborough State Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scarborough State Beach sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Scarborough State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough State Beach at 10AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)777777777777777945554444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)997159594942434227261313121310133748433216242923
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
0
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
15
WSW
15
W
15
N
15
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
15
E
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
0.99
6:14PM
1.09
6:39AM
1.05
6:59PM
1.10
7:22AM
1.10
7:40PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.11
12:51AM
0.07
1:07PM
0.08
1:30AM
0.05
1:50PM
0.05
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset----6:50-------6:49-------6:46---
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C181818212221201919192326262318171615171817161616
Feels °C (?)181819242220191717182325242116121110121413131415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rhode Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off winds at Scarborough State Beach are now cross-shore so expect speed-bumps in the surf (light winds from the N at BUOY-NWPR1 17 km from Scarborough State Beach). 0.8m 7s swell from the SE with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
N
0.0
20.0
Air / Water (°C)
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