The Narragansett, RI marine forecast covers live wind speed and gusts, tide predictions, wave conditions, and major and minor solunar feeding times, updated continuously from NOAA and Open-Meteo. The strongest fishing windows usually line up with the moving tide and the solunar periods shown below — check current conditions before you head out.
By Steve Wilson, lifelong angler & founder of My Marine Forecast
Last updated: Sep 15, 2026, 8:00 AM
On Tuesday, September 15, Narragansett, RI sees high tide at 11:27 AM (4.0 ft) and 11:47 PM (3.2 ft), low tide at 4:09 AM (0.2 ft) and 4:54 PM (0.5 ft). Winds 4–8 mph from the NE gusting to 23 mph. Air temperatures 51–67°F. Current water temperature is about 68°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Station 8452660
| Low tide | 4:09 AM | 0.2 ft |
| High tide | 11:27 AM | 4.0 ft |
| Low tide | 4:54 PM | 0.5 ft |
| High tide | 11:47 PM | 3.2 ft |
Wind
4–8 mph NE
Gusts
23 mph
Air Temp
51–67°F
Water Temp
68°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8452660 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Narragansett sits on the west side of Narragansett Bay where the bay mouth opens to Rhode Island Sound and Block Island. The fishing is anchored by striped bass and bluefish, with excellent access from both boat and shore. The Newport Bridge, Point Judith, and the outer rocks at the bay mouth are among the most productive pieces of structure on the New England coast.
Point Judith is the focal point. The Point Judith Breachway is one of the most productive bass spots in New England — the rip at the breachway mouth holds fish through Summer and into early November. Shore fishing the breachway rocks at night is a Rhode Island tradition. The rocks near the Coast Guard station also produce well in Fall when bass stack on the bait pushing through.
Block Island, just south of Point Judith by boat, offers exceptional striped bass surf fishing and some of the Northeast's best false albacore action in Fall. The Southwest Point of Block Island is particularly productive. Offshore from the bay, tuna fishing at Block Island Canyon is accessible and productive through Summer.
Point Judith builds a vicious rip in northeast swells. The breachway entrance demands local knowledge, especially in any swell. Tides at the breachway run strong — the ebb tide through the cut is often the most productive window for bass.
Spring: Tautog open the season in April along the town's rocky shoreline and at Point Judith, feeding shallow ahead of the spawn. Squid runs in May pull bass and scup into the bays and coves, and by mid May migrating stripers are on the surf line, taken on needlefish and metal lip swimmers from the rocks after dark.
Summer: Summer surf fishing is a night shift, working eels and darters off the ledges from Point Judith to Narrow River while boats drift the reefs. Fluke hold on the sand patches between rockpiles, scup are everywhere, and bluefish patrol the beaches. By August bonito begin slashing bait off the Harbor of Refuge, a preview of fall.
Fall: False albacore and bonito own September and October, blitzing along the walls of the Harbor of Refuge and the oceanfront rocks within reach of shore casters. Migrating stripers stack on the reefs and in the white water through November. Tautog fishing peaks on the boulder fields, the best hardbottom bite of the year.
Winter: The surf goes quiet after December's last stripers leave. Winter effort means party boats out of Galilee sailing offshore for cod on the ledges south of Block Island, weather permitting. A few anglers jig the Narrow River for holdover bass and sea-run trout. Most of Narragansett waits for April tautog.
Point Judith Lighthouse marks the corner where Rhode Island's south shore meets the bay approach, with fishable rocks on both sides. Camp Cronin, the state fishing area beside the Harbor of Refuge's west wall, is the town's most popular shore spot for tog, albies and bass. Black Point in the north end offers classic high-rock surf casting. Monahan's Dock by the sea wall gives easy access to deep water close to shore, and the Narrow River outlet funnels bait and stripers across Narragansett Town Beach.