- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Bournemouth Pier Surf Forecast
/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Bournemouth Pier surfForecast / South Coast / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 23 Apr 2026 BSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Bournemouth Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bournemouth Pier sea temperature is
11.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Bournemouth Pier today?
The current surf forecast for Bournemouth Pier at 8AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Apr) | 5ft (1.5m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (23 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 5s |
| Evening (23 Apr) | 5ft (1.5m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Bournemouth Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Thu morning, calm by Sat afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
W 12 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | SW 10 | E 6 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | |
3 | 0 | 121 | 133 | 134 | 104 | 117 | 139 | 181 | 57 | 134 | 132 | 121 | 116 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 108 | 108 | 110 | 106 | 80 | 79 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | |
High Tide | 1:18AM1.83m | 5:22AM1.75m | 2:48PM1.68m | 6:09PM1.87m | 3:08AM1.68m | 6:23AM1.73m | 7:21PM1.91m | 4:51AM1.66m | 7:37AM1.72m | 8:31PM1.96m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:49AM1.68m | 8:51AM0.87m | 3:24PM1.68m | 9:27PM1.20m | 4:28AM1.67m | 10:04AM0.99m | 10:49PM1.29m | 5:36AM1.65m | 11:23AM1.02m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  | | | | | | |
 | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:16 | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 12 | — | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 |
 kJ | 3 | — | 5 | 4 | 21 | 73 | 82 | 77 | 59 | 57 | 108 | 132 | 121 | 116 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 108 | 108 | 110 | 106 | 80 | 79 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 4 | E 4 | — | E 4 | — |
| kJ | 226 | 165 | 121 | 133 | 134 | 104 | 117 | 139 | 181 | 188 | 134 | 121 | 97 | 74 | 53 | 53 | 55 | 42 | 31 | 20 | 9 | — | 4 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 358 | 335 | 332 | 332 | 326 | 193 | 169 | 318 | 169 | 21 | 21 | 241 | 241 | 157 | 155 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in South Coast of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Bournemouth Pier surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest