Compton Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.66° N 1.48° W

Compton Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Compton Bay sea temperature is
16.7°C
2.0° 

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 (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 1AM is: 3.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)15ft (4.5m)16s
Afternoon (23 Oct)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (23 Oct)11ft (3.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 47mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat night, min 9°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, gales from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
9
2.3
SSW
6
3.5
SSW
8
4
SSW
9
4
SW
11
4.5
SW
16
5.5
WSW
14
4.5
WSW
10
4
W
9
3.5
W
8
2.4
W
6
2.3
W
7
2
WSW
7
1.9
WSW
6
2.5
SW
7
4
SW
8
5
SW
10
5.5
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
506
138
389
1274
2508
3459
10736
11873
4034
2504
1406
449
585
381
258
622
1858
4559
6555
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
35
SSE
50
S
50
S
60
SSE
35
SSE
50
NW
65
WNW
60
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
35
WSW
45
SW
60
SSW
65
SW
65
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:36PM2.06m
9:20AM2.26m
9:29PM2.20m
10:04AM2.41m
Low Tide
2:26PM0.75m
2:38AM0.47m
3:02PM0.53m
3:14AM0.27m
3:37PM0.31m
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light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
light rain
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cloud
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light rain
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6:00
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5:58
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5:55
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 mm
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1
6
6
2
6
5
1
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5
7
1
Temp °C
15
14
14
15
12
14
12
9
9
10
10
10
10
11
13
13
14
16
17
Feels °C
10
8
5
6
0
8
2
-5
-4
-2
-1
1
3
5
5
4
3
5
6
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