Scarborough State Beach surf break

Scarborough State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am 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 10AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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
Fri
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.7
S
1.3
WSW
0.9
SSW
1
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)798887786888897777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178267160662198811419341718181819396320450443452418375258200159
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoff
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)
1:42AM
-0.07
2:22PM
-0.12
2:24AM
-0.09
2:53PM
-0.15
3:07AM
-0.09
3:28PM
-0.16
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise--7:07-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:46-------4:49---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C-4-7-6-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-6-4-235533355432
Feels °C (?)-12-15-14-15-14-15-15-14-14-15-13-13-11-6-4-4-5-4-4-2-3-4-4-5
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