Fortuneswell/West Bay Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (50.56° N 2.46° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Fortuneswell/West Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST

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Fortuneswell/West Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Fortuneswell/West Bay sea temperature is 17.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fortuneswell/West Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Fortuneswell/West Bay at 1PM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	7s
Evening (17 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	6s

Table - waves today at Fortuneswell/West Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	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	1 AM
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	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	12	12	5	5	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	92	258	349	452	452	386	287	231	161	120	98	94	65	49	79	308	134	104	79	79	77	64	64	54
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	S	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 1.27	9:16AM 1.11			4:51PM 1.44				5:56AM 1.43				6:08PM 1.64				6:46AM 1.65				6:56PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)			7:27AM 1.03	12:02PM 0.83				12:32AM 0.51				12:53PM 0.68					1:17AM 0.37				1:34PM 0.57

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	17	17	16
Feels °C (?)	9	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	12	13	14	14	13	15	16	16	15	16	16	17	16	15	16	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Fortuneswell/West Bay (strong winds from the SW at IsleOFPortland 5 km from Fortuneswell/West Bay). A 2.3m swell from the SW
45 minutes ago Fortuneswell/West Bay

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