Bournemouth Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.71° N 1.88° W

Bournemouth Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bournemouth Pier sea temperature is
20.9°C
4.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Bournemouth Pier today (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bournemouth Pier at 3AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (27 Aug)2ft (0.6m)3s

Table - waves today at Bournemouth Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Wed night, near gales from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ESE
4
1
ESE
5
1
SE
5
0.8
SE
5
0.6
SSE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.5
SW
3
0.6
SW
4
0.4
SW
7
0.4
SW
7
0.7
SW
7
0.9
WSW
4
1.4
SW
5
1.9
SW
6
2.1
SW
7
1.8
SW
7
1.7
SW
7
2
SW
7
2.1
SW
7
2.4
SW
7
2.3
SW
7
3
SW
7
3
SW
8
3
SW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
46
50
30
12
4
5
10
12
12
46
31
110
275
374
346
268
337
408
563
574
903
1221
1070
Wind (km/h)
20
E
10
E
20
SSE
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
00:31AM1.79m
9:21AM1.93m
1:10PM1.93m
9:14PM2.14m
1:13AM1.78m
9:51AM2.06m
1:47PM1.92m
9:56PM2.26m
1:54AM1.76m
10:27AM2.17m
2:23PM1.90m
Low Tide
11:40PM1.77m
4:01AM0.75m
11:28AM1.80m
4:15PM0.94m
00:16AM1.74m
4:30AM0.61m
12:14PM1.78m
4:45PM0.80m
00:52AM1.71m
5:01AM0.49m
12:55PM1.75m
5:17PM0.67m
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6:11
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:04
8:01
8:00
 mm
1
1
1
4
1
1
Temp °C
19
19
18
19
21
20
19
17
16
16
15
19
19
17
17
18
17
17
17
18
20
19
19
18
Feels °C
18
20
16
19
19
17
16
16
15
15
13
14
13
11
12
14
14
13
13
12
14
11
12
12
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