Bournemouth Pier surf break

Bournemouth Pier surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 15 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
9.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Bournemouth Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Bournemouth Pier at 8AM is: 0.8m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)3ft (0.9m)20s
Afternoon (16 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)18s
Evening (16 Mar)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.7
WSW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)77722201918181716161666141477131320181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38536023037264761417403702272141271221261341136182698482136260346427
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
1.88
6:53AM
1.87
10:20AM
1.73
7:42PM
1.85
11:12PM
1.90
7:23AM
2.02
11:19AM
1.73
8:04PM
2.00
11:54PM
1.88
8:06AM
2.17
12:06PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54AM
1.15
9:49AM
1.73
2:07PM
0.81
9:26PM
1.79
2:24AM
0.95
10:22AM
1.70
2:39PM
0.60
10:23PM
1.76
2:56AM
0.73
11:03AM
1.66
3:13PM
0.41
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise----6:20-------6:18-------6:16---
Sunset-------6:13-------6:14-------6:15
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C7767810101099989910111212111010111112
Feels °C (?)0112244433444468109764546
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