Compton Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.66° N 1.48° W

Compton Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Compton Bay sea temperature is
18.8°C
2.8° 

Compton Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Compton Bay today (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 3PM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 29). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (29 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (29 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue night, light winds from the SSW by Thu night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
1.1
SE
4
1.2
SSE
5
1.1
S
5
1.2
S
5
0.9
SW
12
1.9
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.6
SW
10
1.1
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.5
SW
10
1.4
SW
10
1.2
SW
11
1.5
WSW
13
1.2
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
12
12
5
4
45
64
55
65
236
835
716
505
406
445
527
276
570
468
392
366
769
501
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
SSE
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
40
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
1:13PM2.57m
1:30AM2.49m
1:53PM2.47m
2:17AM2.40m
2:39PM2.35m
Low Tide
6:08AM-0.13m
6:28PM-0.03m
6:47AM-0.03m
7:08PM0.04m
7:29AM0.13m
7:53PM0.18m
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Temp °C
17
18
18
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21
22
21
20
20
20
18
18
18
18
17
17
16
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15
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16
Feels °C
15
15
14
16
18
18
18
17
17
15
16
15
15
16
14
14
13
12
12
13
13
13
13
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