Scarborough State Beach surf break

Scarborough State Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 19 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
4.3° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SW
0.6
S
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)966679887788669899777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)201255247238147237244491751323019422513181921419421450504465429
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
35
W
30
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:13PM
0.84
8:27AM
1.00
8:54PM
0.88
9:07AM
0.97
9:36PM
0.92
9:50AM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57PM
-0.09
1:42AM
-0.07
2:22PM
-0.12
2:24AM
-0.09
2:53PM
-0.15
3:07AM
-0.09
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise------7:07-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset4:45-------4:45-------4:46-------
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-1-10-3-6-7-6-5-5-6-7-7-7-8-6-4-21563334
Feels °C (?)-11-10-10-12-14-15-15-15-14-14-15-15-14-14-14-12-11-9-4-3-7-5-6-4
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