Easton’s Beach, Newport

Easton’s Beach, Newport is an SSE-facing beach break in Rhode Island, United States. It picks up swell from ESE to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 60% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the NNW: light winds or NNW breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while SSE onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: an island gap lets in swell from 115.5° (ESE) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 44 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SSE (165°)

Best swell

SE to SSW (125°–206°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

ESE to SSW (123.5° to 213.5°)

Rare slot

island gap, 115.5° ESE

Offshore wind

NNW

Tide

NOAA station 8452660

Wave buoy

Buzzards Bay, MA (260) · 24 km away

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