Bournemouth Pier surf break

Bournemouth Pier surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 GMT
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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
10.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Bournemouth Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Bournemouth Pier at 1PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)13131312121277124455621191817161616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11683644038381415141525488612915718415914712912487575452
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
1.64
5:24AM
1.78
6:22PM
1.83
6:28AM
1.75
7:46PM
1.87
5:32AM
1.74
7:50AM
1.74
9:01PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
1.64
9:15AM
1.08
9:59PM
1.31
10:46AM
1.10
11:43PM
1.28
6:43AM
1.73
12:15PM
0.99
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise-5:58-------5:56-------5:52------
Sunset-----6:29-------6:30-------6:31--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------111--------
Temp. °C5568108767891010109754699866
Feels °C (?)-1003532234566641-1-2-111110
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