Bude Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.83° N 4.56° W

Bude 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bude sea temperature is
18.1°C
2.4° 

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 7PM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be 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

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri night, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the W by Sat night).

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
WNW
8
2
W
8
1.9
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
8
1.6
WNW
8
1
W
10
1.5
W
8
1.5
W
12
0.9
WNW
12
1.8
W
7
1.9
W
8
2
W
8
1.9
W
8
1.8
W
8
1.9
W
8
2.1
W
8
1.8
W
8
1.7
W
8
1.5
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
494
522
497
560
327
355
316
184
295
670
240
312
409
489
443
388
453
567
428
386
495
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
10:02AM6.39m
10:22PM6.02m
10:41AM5.82m
11:07PM5.44m
11:35AM5.30m
Low Tide
4:05PM1.68m
4:22AM2.02m
4:48PM2.24m
5:10AM2.56m
5:52PM2.74m
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
<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
Temp °C
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
16
16
16
16
16
18
16
17
17
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
11
10
9
9
10
10
10
10
11
10
10
10
11
13
12
13
12
13
14
15
14
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest