Ringstead Bay Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Ringstead Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 BST

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Ringstead Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Ringstead Bay sea temperature is 18.6° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ringstead Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ringstead Bay at 8AM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	6s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	6s
Evening (21 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	15s

Table - waves today at Ringstead Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	4	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1	1	1	1	1	24	10	10	18	17	14	15	19	21	17	14	12	11	10	9	9	14	8	14
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NE	E	SSW	WSW	W	NNW	NE	NE	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	NNW	NNE	NE	ENE	SE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:17AM 1.72		12:41PM 0.81		6:28PM 1.99		12:44AM 0.61			7:19AM 1.91		1:23PM 0.73		7:22PM 2.17		1:30AM 0.51		8:14AM 2.06		2:04PM 0.67		8:10PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	1:55AM 0.59			11:01AM 0.70	2:14PM 0.71			11:39PM 0.57	2:46AM 0.37			11:48AM 0.58	3:04PM 0.55			12:20AM 0.45	3:31AM 0.21			12:30PM 0.50	3:48PM 0.44			1:00AM 0.36

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	17	19	19	18	17	15	14	14	17	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	18	20	20	20	18	17
Feels °C (?)	8	7	14	17	17	15	14	13	12	14	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	13	15	18	18	18	17	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update Offshore wind reported 15 km from Ringstead Bay (moderate winds from the N at IsleOFPortland 15 km from Ringstead Bay). 0.1m 6s windswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.
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