Bude Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.83° N 4.56° W

Bude 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bude sea temperature is
18.0°C
2.2° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bude at 3AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
W
6
1.9
W
7
2
W
8
2.1
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
9
1.6
WNW
7
1.6
WNW
7
1.6
W
8
1
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.6
W
12
1.5
W
6
1.9
W
7
2
W
8
1.9
W
8
1.9
W
8
1.9
W
8
2
W
8
2.1
W
8
2.1
W
8
1.9
W
8
1.7
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
134
328
451
481
450
497
560
292
252
300
192
422
750
190
368
477
470
466
454
529
567
581
489
575
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
W
25
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
10:02AM6.39m
10:22PM6.02m
10:41AM5.82m
11:07PM5.44m
11:35AM5.30m
Low Tide
3:45AM1.47m
4:05PM1.68m
4:22AM2.02m
4:48PM2.24m
5:10AM2.56m
5:52PM2.74m
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light rain
rain showers
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cloud
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light rain
cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:56
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:29
7:25
7:23
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
16
15
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
14
14
16
16
15
16
17
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
11
9
11
11
9
9
9
10
11
9
10
11
10
9
11
13
12
12
13
13
13
14
15
16
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