Scarborough State Beach surf break

Scarborough State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 07 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
4.5° 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 4AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
1.2
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.2
SSE
0.1
E
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)6666610998888888877777685
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1716162424260325311239217144112876343412825151523410
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
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)
4:15AM
-0.03
4:43PM
-0.08
5:09AM
0.04
5:22PM
-0.02
6:11AM
0.10
6:01PM
0.03
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----7:11-------7:11-------7:11---
Sunset------4:31-------4:32-------4:34-
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C132233332101366443345678
Feels °C (?)-5-2-3-10-2-3-3-5-5-6-4-223110000122
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