- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Cromer Surf Forecast
/ East Anglia (12 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Cromer surfForecast / East Anglia / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 17 May 2026 BSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Cromer surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cromer sea temperature is
11.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Cromer today?
The current surf forecast for Cromer at 6AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am May 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (17 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 May) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Cromer. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | |
99 | 74 | 74 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 34 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 7:18AM4.80m | 7:36PM4.96m | 8:01AM4.85m | 8:28PM4.91m | 8:45AM4.84m | 9:23PM4.79m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:49AM0.56m | 2:07PM0.62m | 2:34AM0.58m | 2:56PM0.52m | 3:20AM0.68m | 3:47PM0.50m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | | | | |  |  | |  | | | |  | | | |  | |
 | — | 4:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:51 | — |
1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | |
Temp °C | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 8 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | SE 6 | SE 5 |
 kJ | 99 | 74 | 74 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 34 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 5 | — | WSW 3 | N 8 | — | SE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 8 | N 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 22 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | W 3 | W 3 | W 3 | — | — | — | — | WSW 2 | W 3 | — | — | — | SSE 3 | SSE 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | S 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SW 3 | SW 4 |
| kJ | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 25 | 7 | 13 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 2 | 25 | 29 | 82 | 82 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 388 | 508 | 508 | 415 | 408 | 495 | 650 | 677 | 569 | 608 | 82 | 120 | 120 |
Best forecast wave conditions in East Anglia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Cromer 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