2nd Beach surfForecast / Rhode Island / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 EDT
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2nd Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's 2nd Beach sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at 2nd Beach today?

The current surf forecast for 2nd Beach at 4AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

Table - waves today at 2nd Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSW
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)777777777788666669599999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1223432231818181818121011767278333338
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
0
N
15
SSW
15
SW
15
W
15
W
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
1.01
6:16PM
1.08
6:36AM
1.08
7:04PM
1.10
7:23AM
1.13
7:46PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:28AM
0.14
12:06PM
0.15
1:03AM
0.12
12:47PM
0.11
1:29AM
0.09
1:23PM
0.09
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:26-------6:28-------6:28----
Sunset------6:50-------6:47-------6:45-
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C181818181821202020191919232425221916161518191715
Feels °C (?)181818191824202019171718232224211812111013151311
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rhode Island

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at 2nd Beach (light winds from the N at Newport Airport 5 km from 2nd Beach). 0.6m 6s windswell from the S with a 0.3m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.3m 2s local chop from the NE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
N
Offshore
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