Bude Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.83° N 4.56° W

Bude 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bude sea temperature is
17.6°C
3.0° 

Bude surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Bude today (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Bude at 11PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (08 Oct)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu night, min 12°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, light winds from the SW by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
W
6
0.8
W
5
1.2
W
5
1.9
W
6
2.2
W
7
2.2
W
8
2.5
W
8
3
W
9
2.5
W
9
2.5
W
9
2.5
WNW
9
2.5
WNW
8
2.5
WNW
8
2.4
WNW
8
2.2
WNW
8
2.1
WNW
10
2
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.4
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
46
37
74
299
529
581
809
1143
1198
1032
929
847
844
690
555
925
875
692
441
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
5:07PM7.15m
5:30AM7.15m
5:48PM7.54m
6:09AM7.49m
6:25PM7.75m
Low Tide
11:26PM0.71m
11:41AM0.68m
00:03AM0.40m
12:17PM0.39m
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Temp °C
13
12
13
16
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Feels °C
8
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8
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