Watch Hill
Current conditions are outside your 15 kt wind or 2.5 ft seas limit.
Right now
updated 4:01 AM
57°F · sets 6:04 PM
gusts not reported
Low tide 9:01 AM
2.78 ft MLLW · 0.5 ft above prediction
Latest observations plus the current-hour NWS sky forecast. The call itself runs on the hourly forecast; nearby NDBC 44097 observations do not replace it.
Small Craft Advisory issued October 17 at 2:25AM EDT until October 18 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA In effect through 10/18/2026, 11:00:00 AM EDT.
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Available forecast · 16 kt peak wind · 6 ft peak seas · Steep, close chop
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Right now. No-Go. Seas are the limiting factor. 6 feet every 7 seconds, 3.5 feet over your 2.5 foot limit. showers, wind northwest 15 knots, tide falling, low tide at 9:01 AM.
Tide chart
Watch Hill tides
Watch Hill uses NOAA CO-OPS New London (8461490). The canonical chart for that station is New London Harbor.
- High
- 2:52 AM · 2.25 ft
- Low · next
- 9:01 AM · 1.08 ft
- High
- 3:10 PM · 2.70 ft
- Low
- 9:53 PM · 0.73 ft
Water temperature 61.3°F at Oct 17, 3:30 AM EDT from NDBC 44097. Block Island water temperature.
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A coastal destination at the entrance to Little Narragansett Bay, near Napatree Point and Fishers Island Sound.
This inlet harbor in Rhode Island uses Block Island (44097) for marine observations, New London (8461490) for tide predictions, and Westerly State (KWST) for nearby aviation weather context.
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