Compton Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.66° N 1.48° W

Compton Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Compton Bay sea temperature is
19.9°C
3.2° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 3PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (08 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
5
1
WSW
5
0.4
WSW
11
0.5
WSW
10
1.1
W
5
1.2
W
5
1.3
W
6
1.1
W
6
1
WSW
8
0.9
WSW
8
0.8
WSW
8
0.8
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.5
SW
8
0.8
WSW
4
1
WSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
183
90
61
45
63
51
76
101
80
131
101
80
78
54
38
26
25
24
23
23
28
19
44
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
30
SW
15
WNW
25
NNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
30
SW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
9:31AM2.27m
9:44PM2.35m
10:27AM2.47m
10:37PM2.51m
11:13AM2.63m
Low Tide
2:13AM0.41m
2:38PM0.53m
3:05AM0.16m
3:27PM0.33m
3:51AM-0.04m
4:11PM0.17m
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:31
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:36
7:34
7:31
 mm
2
8
9
2
1
Temp °C
16
15
15
15
19
16
15
14
13
13
14
16
17
17
15
15
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
13
10
14
10
12
9
9
9
8
9
9
12
14
14
12
13
13
13
13
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