Scarborough State Beach surf break

Scarborough State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 20 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
4.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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 9PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
0.7
S
0.5
S
1.1
WSW
0.5
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)888688888889677788777766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25066331012918181718181819352326367513478416352251195107130147
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
15
W
25
W
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
1.00
8:54PM
0.88
9:07AM
0.97
9:36PM
0.92
9:50AM
0.93
10:21PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
-0.12
2:24AM
-0.09
2:53PM
-0.15
3:07AM
-0.09
3:28PM
-0.16
3:53AM
-0.08
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset--4:45-------4:46-------4:49-----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C-6-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-6-4-22554334543100
Feels °C (?)-15-15-14-15-14-14-14-14-13-12-11-7-4-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-4-4-8-8
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