Ashkelon Shimshon Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Tel Aviv and South, Israel)

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Ashkelon Shimshon Surf Guide

Ashkelon Shimshon in Tel Aviv and South is a fairly exposed sandbar break that does not work very often. Winter is the favoured time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the southeast and there is no shelter here from cross shore breezes. Surfable in an onshore breeze Waves more likely to be from local windswells than distant groundswells and the ideal wave direction is from the west northwest. Waves at the sandbar break both left and right. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Rarely crowded here.

Ashkelon Shimshon Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Sandbar	2	inconsistent	20.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Ashkelon Shimshon:

The best conditions reported for surf at Ashkelon Shimshon occur when a West-northwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Southeast.

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Interactive Ashkelon Shimshon surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Ashkelon Shimshon is Teyman (Beer-sheba) Airport (BEV) in Israel, 45 km (28 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Ashkelon Shimshon is Ben Gurion (Tel-aviv) Airport (TLV), also in Israel, 49 km (30 miles) away.

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Ashkelon Shimshon Surf Forecasts:

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16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 14:30 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	8	7	7	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	on	cross- on

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Tides at Ashkelon Shimshon

Current tide and informaton

For Ashkelon, 2 km from Ashkelon Shimshon.

Next High Water: 01:47am | 0.24m

Next Low Water: 07:40pm | 0.09m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Ashkelon Shimshon Sea Temperature

The Ashkelon Shimshon water temperature is warm (20.9 °C) and the air temperature not too different (windchill forecast 18.0 °C). A good quality summer wetsuit would be ideal though a shorty will suffice.

Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 20.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite