Scarborough State Beach Surf Forecast

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USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (41.39° N 71.47° W)

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Scarborough State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 EDT

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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 20.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Scarborough State Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough State Beach at 7PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

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	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	39	34	33	33	32	34	78	80	102	126	103	103	103	112	113	111	108	85	73	76	77	58	49	55
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:11PM 1.07				3:45AM 0.88				4:20PM 1.06				4:53AM 0.92					5:22PM 1.08				5:51AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)	8:30AM 0.18				10:07PM 0.19				10:11AM 0.18					11:12PM 0.15				11:20AM 0.15				12:05AM 0.11

	Monday 15					Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	20	19	18	18	17	16	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	16	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	19
Feels °C (?)	19	20	18	18	18	18	16	14	17	17	16	16	15	16	16	14	16	18	19	18	20	20	20	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rhode Island

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Scarborough State Beach (light winds from the SE at BUOY-NWPR1 17 km from Scarborough State Beach). 0.6m 5s windswell from the ESE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 20 minutes ago Scarborough State Beach

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17 km away, 2 h 20 min ago

13 km/h

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20.4

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