Bournemouth Pier Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.71° N 1.88° W

Bournemouth Pier 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Bournemouth Pier sea temperature is
18.9°C
3.0° 

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 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bournemouth Pier at 12AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)--
Afternoon (27 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (27 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun morning).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
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10 AM
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4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.8
SSE
4
1.1
SSW
5
1.3
SSW
5
1.4
SW
6
1.3
SW
6
1.1
SW
7
0.9
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
7
0.7
SW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.5
SW
7
0.4
WSW
7
0.4
SW
7
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
14
14
13
12
12
22
56
82
110
112
103
81
62
64
37
26
20
14
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
E
20
NE
25
NE
Wind State
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cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:17PM1.97m
9:28PM2.32m
1:31AM1.82m
9:57AM2.31m
1:56PM1.95m
10:10PM2.41m
2:12AM1.82m
10:35AM2.38m
2:34PM1.92m
Low Tide
4:15PM0.72m
00:20AM1.73m
4:31AM0.48m
12:31PM1.79m
4:49PM0.57m
00:58AM1.71m
5:07AM0.40m
1:11PM1.76m
5:26PM0.49m
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Temp °C
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Feels °C
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