Surf Forecasts:
Boscombe Pier surf forecast from 7 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 9 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period, WSW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 10PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period, WSW swell with 155 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 9 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with WSW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Boscombe Pier this week:
The surf forecast for Boscombe Pier over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 7AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 8s period. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Boscombe Pier in the next 16 days are 1.6m 6s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 10PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 5s period and expected on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 10PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 7AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 7AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 10PM (Mon 7th Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Boscombe Pier over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for the next couple of weeks around here.
To be straight with you, it's a pretty grim outlook. We're looking at a long, dry spell with very little to get excited about. The first wave of any real note isn't even on the cards. You're looking at a gap of several days where you can pretty much leave the board in the shed. There's no standout session, no day to circle on the calendar. It's just a whole lotta small, weak, and messy.
The water is notably warm right now, coming in at 68°F for the start of the period, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year. Feels more like a late summer swim than proper surf season.
Boscombe Pier is the only spot we've got info on, and it's a tough read. For the first few days, we're talking about tiny, weak swell. Monday the 7th might see a pulse of 4ft in the afternoon, but it's coming from the WSW with a cross-onshore wind, making it choppy and poor. The combined energy gets up to 721 (moderate activity), but the wind ruins it. The best looking wind windows are on Tuesday the 8th afternoon and Wednesday the 9th, when we get clean, cross-off conditions. The problem is the swell is tiny, only 1ft to 3ft, with a short period (8 seconds) and the combined energy is weak, between 46 and 80. It's clean but there's nothing to ride.
This pattern just repeats. We see a little pulse of 3ft on Sunday the 13th afternoon, but it's a 5-second period windswell and cross-shore winds make it lumpy. The swell then fades away completely. From around the 16th onwards, we're looking at flat, clean conditions with cross-off winds, but the wave heights are barely a ripple—0.3ft or 0.7ft. The combined energy drops to single digits. By the 18th, the wind is getting strong again, up to 25 mph and cross-onshore, making it a complete write-off for surfing.
Forget about a standout. There isn't one. This is a stretch where the conditions are either clean but flat, or have a tiny bit of energy but are blown out. Honestly, with these onshore winds and small, crumbly waves, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of the second half of the period. This kind of blank run is more normal for the area when the swell windows don't line up.
So, keep the wax dry and wait for the next weather system. Forecasts can change, but this one's a sleeper.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | SW 5 | WSW 10 | W 5 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 10 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | W 7 | SW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 |
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 kJ | 75 | 472 | 97 | 46 | 42 | 57 | 80 | 46 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 39 | 42 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:12PM1.93m | 7:58AM1.90m | 7:49PM2.03m | 8:29AM2.01m | 8:31PM2.16m | 9:06AM2.15m | 9:13PM2.30m | 9:44AM2.27m | 1:39PM1.93m | 9:53PM2.40m | 10:21AM2.35m | 2:22PM1.93m | 10:31PM2.44m | 10:57AM2.35m | 3:01PM1.93m | 11:07PM2.39m | |||||
Low Tide | 1:24PM1.28m | 1:57AM0.97m | 9:22AM1.87m | 2:26PM1.10m | 2:49AM0.74m | 10:36AM1.86m | 3:12PM0.88m | 11:28PM1.74m | 11:28AM1.82m | 3:54PM0.67m | 00:04AM1.68m | 4:13AM0.35m | 4:34PM0.52m | 00:42AM1.64m | 4:52AM0.26m | 5:12PM0.46m | 1:19AM1.61m | 5:31AM0.27m | 1:29PM1.69m | 1:53AM1.62m | |
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 | 6:28 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — |
 | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:36 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:27 | — |
mm | — | — | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 16 |
Feels °C | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 10 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 15 | W 7 | WSW 7 | SW 9 | WSW 5 |
| kJ | 75 | 249 | 94 | 46 | 9 | 37 | 80 | 46 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 29 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | WSW 10 | — | — | — | — | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 | SW 10 | — | — | — | W 15 | — | W 9 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 7 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | WSW 13 | WSW 5 | SW 5 | NNW 4 | W 5 | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 2 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | — | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 |
| kJ | 17 | 472 | 97 | 32 | 8 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | — | 31 | 29 | 12 | 39 | 42 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 227 | 189 | 16 | 24 | 332 | 149 | 3 | 149 | 165 | 151 | 260 | 129 | 149 | 117 | 112 | 42 | 119 | 168 | 297 | 119 | 0 |
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