Bude surf break

Bude surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 BST
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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
17.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bude today?

The current surf forecast for Bude at 5AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (04 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (04 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)111010101012121111111110101010999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)99286574068787710051076112610469177165804343713072512011621321321041027959
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
15
S
10
SSE
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
onononononononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
5.40
4:26PM
5.82
4:52AM
5.99
5:13PM
6.49
5:35AM
6.63
5:53PM
7.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
2.52
10:16AM
2.29
10:47PM
1.94
11:04AM
1.69
11:30PM
1.31
11:44AM
1.09
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset-------7:58-------7:55-------7:52
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11734-111---------------
Temp. °C151314131516161616151515161717161514141317212020
Feels °C (?)111112101111121212121213141515151412121014161412
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Bude (moderate winds from the S at Cardinham 37 km from Bude). 1.9m 10s swell from the W with a 0.7m 15s groundswell, also from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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28 km/h
S
0.0
17.8
Air / Water (°C)
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