Scarborough State Beach surf break

Scarborough State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 06 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
4.7° C
(Which is 2.1°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 10PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)--
Afternoon (06 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
1
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)6666666109988888888777778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)332417161616241963673042402001691088483584121171515232
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
5
N
10
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
0.99
10:29AM
1.00
11:03PM
0.97
11:17AM
0.91
11:53PM
0.94
12:07PM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
-0.13
4:15AM
-0.03
4:43PM
-0.08
5:09AM
0.04
5:22PM
-0.02
6:11AM
0.10
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:11-
Sunset4:30-------4:31-------4:32-------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111322333321013654444456
Feels °C (?)-4-5-5-2-3-10-2-3-3-5-4-6-4-2221011001
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