Chapmans Pool surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 BST
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Chapmans Pool surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chapmans Pool sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chapmans Pool today?

The current surf forecast for Chapmans Pool at 11AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (28 Aug)5ft (1.5m)5s
Evening (28 Aug)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
2
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1388566666666666669995677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)21519019762165309245216300157118124140156175173121186182186135471507335
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
10
S
15
NNE
20
W
25
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
1.75
11:00PM
1.76
11:20AM
1.63
11:28PM
1.60
11:47AM
1.51
11:55PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
0.53
5:11AM
0.47
4:48PM
0.59
5:05AM
0.56
5:07PM
0.67
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sun
31
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset-----8:01-------8:00-------7:58--
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1-1--122-11--------1--
Temp. °C151618181818171614151718191916151516171818181816
Feels °C (?)121314121312111012131313141512121213131213111411
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Chapmans Pool (light winds from the SW at Bournemouth Airport 27 km from Chapmans Pool). 1.1m 4s local chop from the SW with a 0.3m 13s groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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27 km away, 1 h 57 min ago

9 km/h
SW
0.0
19.2
Air / Water (°C)
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