Ocean House Beach

Ocean House Beach is an SSE-facing beach break in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. It picks up swell from SE to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 74% 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 96.8° (E) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 84 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

SSE (148°)

Best swell

SE to S (129°–182°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

WNW to NNE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

SE to S (129.5° to 182°)

Rare slot

island gap, 96.8° E

Offshore wind

NNW

Tide

NOAA station 8458694

Wave buoy

Buzzards Bay, MA (260) · 69 km away

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