Bournemouth Pier Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (50.71° N 1.88° W)

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Bournemouth Pier surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST

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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 17.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 11AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	7s
Evening (17 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	7s

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

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	74	224	391	471	471	447	350	293	216	159	580	514	93	87	79	204	163	106	100	98	98	85	96	81
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:22AM 1.95				7:17PM 9:19PM 1.85 1.84					10:39AM 1.99			7:37PM 1.91	10:51PM 1.82			8:26AM 1.92	11:44AM 2.01			8:13PM 2.01	12:01AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)					1:27PM 1.33		8:32PM 1.84		1:52AM 1.04				2:21PM 1.17		9:57PM 1.81		2:39AM 0.86		9:50AM 1.88		3:02PM 1.00			10:50PM 1.75

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	19	18	17	16
Feels °C (?)	10	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	15	14	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	18	17	16	17	16	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Bournemouth Pier (moderate winds from the WSW at Bournemouth Airport 8 km from Bournemouth Pier). 2.0m 6s windswell from the SW which is too big for here.
2 hours 8 minutes ago Bournemouth Pier

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2 h 8 min ago

24 km/h

WSW

Cross-On

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