Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Bude today (20 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with W swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Bude at 2PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 9s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Bude. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu morning, light winds from the E by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 488 | 329 | 277 | 528 | 484 | 391 | 287 | 202 | 133 | 123 | 84 | 84 | 66 | 49 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 45 | 45 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 14 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:27AM5.79m | 11:54PM5.50m | 12:24PM5.31m | 1:03AM5.07m | 1:47PM5.04m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:11AM2.01m | 5:36PM2.24m | 6:04AM2.51m | 6:42PM2.68m | 7:23AM2.84m | 8:19PM2.85m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  |  |  |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:24 | — |
mm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
Feels °C | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 15 | W 9 | W 9 | W 15 | SW 14 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 6 | WNW 5 | NW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | W 9 | NNW 5 | NNW 4 |
| kJ | 4 | 136 | 164 | 4 | 8 | 391 | 287 | 202 | 133 | 123 | 84 | 84 | 66 | 49 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 15 | W 14 | — | — | SW 14 | SW 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 16 | W 13 | W 16 | W 13 | W 16 | N 5 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | SW 15 | W 9 | W 9 |
| kJ | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 45 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 14 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 13 | W 16 | W 13 | W 16 | W 13 | W 8 | NNW 5 | W 6 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | — | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | 8 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | — | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | N 5 | N 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 488 | 329 | 277 | 528 | 484 | — | 17 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 222 | 246 | 94 | 85 | 582 | 237 | 54 | 54 | 66 | 4 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 97 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 52 | 99 | 99 |
Best forecast wave conditions in North Cornwall | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Bude surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest