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Scarborough State Beach surf break

Scarborough State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.4° C
 (Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough State Beach at 12AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)7s
Evening (09 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.1
E
1.2
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1
E
0.9
ESE
1.3
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)887777767566666666458888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)574130169141529100188172123816247363833198439346291
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
W
5
SSW
5
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
NE
10
E
20
E
25
E
30
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		ononononcrosscrosscrossglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
0.94
12:07PM
0.82
12:44AM
0.91
12:58PM
0.74
1:36AM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
-0.02
6:11AM
0.10
6:01PM
0.03
7:21AM
0.14
6:45PM
0.08
8:30AM
0.16
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:11-
Sunset4:32-------4:34-------4:35-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------1-----11110--143
Temp. °C8544345779910946644433444
Feels °C (?)5212010223245032-2-2-4-3-1220
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