Compton Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.66° N 1.48° W

Compton Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Compton Bay sea temperature is
19.1°C
2.9° 

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 (26 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 12AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)--
Afternoon (26 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (26 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
16
0.6
WSW
15
0.6
WSW
15
0.6
WSW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.4
WSW
13
0.4
WSW
13
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.3
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.3
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
10
0.8
SW
4
0.9
SSW
4
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
198
142
144
138
96
68
67
61
37
28
14
13
12
12
12
11
11
21
32
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
10:53PM2.41m
11:24AM2.53m
11:30PM2.50m
11:59AM2.60m
Low Tide
4:07PM0.34m
4:22AM0.04m
4:40PM0.17m
4:56AM-0.08m
5:14PM0.05m
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Temp °C
21
20
17
15
14
13
14
16
16
16
16
15
16
16
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18
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18
Feels °C
19
16
14
11
11
11
12
15
14
15
16
14
14
14
14
16
14
15
15
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