Compton Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.66° N 1.48° W

Compton Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Compton Bay sea temperature is
20.1°C
3.3° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 1AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Sun night, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
WSW
6
0.5
WSW
7
0.5
WSW
7
0.4
WSW
10
0.3
WSW
10
0.3
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.1
SW
18
0.1
SW
17
0.3
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.5
SW
14
1.2
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
5
0.6
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
29
29
41
20
18
4
5
8
4
4
13
11
41
76
102
472
128
109
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
0
SSW
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
15
WNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:47PM2.03m
6:41AM1.97m
7:12PM2.04m
8:16AM2.07m
8:38PM2.17m
Low Tide
11:30PM0.73m
12:14PM0.83m
1:05AM0.63m
1:38PM0.72m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:43
7:40
7:38
 mm
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
18
20
20
22
21
18
18
19
20
19
18
17
Feels °C
13
13
15
16
15
13
14
15
17
18
21
20
17
17
18
16
14
13
15
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