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Rhode Island

Second Beach Newport

beachtide: mid

FLATUpdated 0 min ago

Face

0.1ft

10s period

Swell

SE

133°

Windcross

17 mph

SE

Tide

↑1.5 ft

rising

ConditionsBlown out

Blown out

87% wind sea

Swell breakdown

WAVEWATCH III

Wind sea

S

3.2ft

5s

not surfable

not surfable

P1 (primary)

SE

0.2ft

10s

100%

Swell components (ft) · next 48h

Wind speed (mph) · next 48h

Tide (ft) · next 48h

Spot info

Breakbeach

Tide preferencemid

Crowd—

Hazards—

Optimal conditions

SwellNNE 31°

WindSSW offshore

Tidemid

Period10s+

Breakbeach

Nearest buoy

BuoyNDBC 44097

Hs4.3 ft

Tp6s

DirSW

Water51°F

Reading5/14/2026, 4:56:00 AM

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7-day forecast

Time

Rating

Face

Period

Swell

Wind

Tide

Thu, May 14

2am

FLAT

0.1

10s

SE133°

18mphcross

2.2ft↑

5am

FLAT

0.3

10s

SE139°

18mphcross

2.9ft↓

8am

0.8

6s

S181°

13mphcross

0.6ft↓

11am

FLAT

0.1

10s

SSE164°

5mphoffshore

0.1ft↑

2pm

FLAT

0.1

10s

SSE164°

4mphcross-on

2.6ft↑

5pm

0.7

6s

S177°

3mphcross-off

3.9ft↓

8pm

0.7

7s

S177°

7mphcross-off

1.6ft↓

11pm

0.7

7s

S176°

7mphcross

-0.2ft

Fri, May 15

2am

0.7

8s

S173°

6mphcross-off

1.6ft↑

5am

0.8

10s

S171°

1mphonshore

3.3ft↓

8am

0.8

10s

S171°

4mphcross-off

1.3ft↓

11am

0.8

9s

S172°

12mphonshore

-0.3ft↑

2pm

0.7

9s

S172°

4mphcross

1.9ft↑

5pm

0.6

9s

S174°

3mphcross-off

4.2ft↓

8pm

0.6

9s

S174°

5mphcross

2.6ft↓

11pm

0.6

9s

S175°

7mphcross

-0.1ft

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