Bournemouth Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.71° N 1.88° W

Bournemouth Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bournemouth Pier sea temperature is
18.6°C
2.7° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bournemouth Pier at 1AM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (30 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (30 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SE
5
1.2
SSE
5
1.3
SSE
5
1.2
S
5
1.1
S
5
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.2
WSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
60
64
87
74
59
1237
981
807
663
606
647
690
651
595
487
505
396
334
300
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
3:12PM1.91m
11:31PM2.36m
3:31AM1.87m
11:51AM2.30m
3:50PM1.91m
00:10AM2.22m
4:11AM1.90m
12:27PM2.16m
4:29PM1.91m
Low Tide
1:50PM1.75m
6:05PM0.49m
2:11AM1.73m
6:25AM0.53m
2:27PM1.77m
6:47PM0.59m
2:45AM1.75m
7:07AM0.73m
3:01PM1.78m
7:33PM0.77m
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Temp °C
20
21
21
19
19
18
17
18
18
17
17
15
15
15
15
17
17
16
15
Feels °C
18
18
18
17
16
14
13
14
14
14
15
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
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