Compton Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.66° N 1.48° W

Compton Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Compton Bay sea temperature is
17.9°C
2.6° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 7PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (12 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (12 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Tue morning, light winds from the WSW by Tue night).

Mon
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
1
1
1
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)
1.8
SSW
6
1.8
SSW
6
1.4
SW
6
1.4
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.4
SW
5
1.6
WSW
5
2.2
WSW
6
2
WSW
7
1.7
WSW
7
1.5
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
10
1.1
WSW
10
1
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.7
SW
10
0.7
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
252
253
152
551
448
393
80
149
393
363
278
222
523
302
235
200
168
122
122
98
98
Wind (km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
12:35PM2.56m
00:53AM2.48m
1:06PM2.45m
1:27AM2.38m
1:36PM2.33m
Low Tide
5:45PM0.00m
6:02AM0.07m
6:21PM0.08m
6:37AM0.22m
6:56PM0.21m
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:24
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:26
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
6:21
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:19
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:16
—
—
 mm
2
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
15
16
17
17
17
17
18
18
19
18
19
17
14
14
13
13
14
15
15
15
15
Feels °C
11
12
14
14
14
15
15
15
13
14
14
13
10
11
11
12
12
12
11
12
11
  • 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 Compton Bay 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