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Bude surf break

Bude surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 GMT
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Bude surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bude sea temperature is
9.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Bude today?

The current surf forecast for Bude at 8AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
3
2
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
1.2
W
0.8
WNW
1.2
WNW
2.1
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)121111111110101010101111181616161616161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)538369284279227175162128125941963194138172231241319781606177217642089292724521979
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
5
WSW
5
W
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
15
SW
10
SW
15
S
25
SSE
50
SSE
55
SSE
10
S
20
SW
30
S
30
S
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
6.71
5:49PM
6.69
6:06AM
7.06
6:24PM
6.96
6:41AM
7.34
6:59PM
7.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
1.23
11:57PM
1.09
12:19PM
0.94
12:31AM
0.84
12:53PM
0.73
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise--8:11-------8:11-------8:10-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:45-------4:47---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------11---8991-1
Temp. °C777898777769987578976778
Feels °C (?)45578755442434300-3-241000
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