Bournemouth Pier surf break

Bournemouth Pier surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 22 Oct 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
15.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Bournemouth Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Bournemouth Pier at 7PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (22 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (22 Oct)7ft (2.2m)6s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
2.2
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)88101068101010111212121212778899787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)826077653391044155983083196911412516230217511722631826982156824091332649779621
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
SW
15
S
25
SE
35
SSW
45
WSW
35
W
40
WNW
50
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
30
W
35
W
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
2.26
2:03PM
1.91
10:04PM
2.24
2:19AM
1.80
10:25AM
2.26
2:32PM
1.88
10:37PM
2.20
2:49AM
1.83
10:51AM
2.20
3:00PM
1.88
11:06PM
2.11
3:20AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
1.78
4:59PM
0.80
12:58AM
1.69
5:13AM
0.80
1:11PM
1.78
5:30PM
0.83
1:25AM
1.72
5:43AM
0.91
1:38PM
1.78
6:00PM
0.90
1:45AM
1.74
6:12AM
1.03
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise--------7:41-------7:43-------
Sunset--6:01-------6:00-------5:58-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---421-111-----------1---
Temp. °C12141412161389111110998891112121211101111
Feels °C (?)10111171150010-1-1111233333344
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bournemouth Pier (light winds from the ESE at Bournemouth Airport 8 km from Bournemouth Pier). 0.6m 8s swell from the WSW with a 0.3m 2s local chop from the S and a 0.2m 5s windswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 47 min ago

9 km/h
ESE
Clean
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