Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
18.3°C
2.9° 

Freshwater 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 Freshwater Bay today (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 5AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 11). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (11 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SW by Tue morning).

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.5
WSW
5
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
6
0.5
SW
3
0.9
SSW
4
1.2
SSW
5
1.7
SSW
6
2
SSW
6
2
SSW
6
1.3
SW
6
1.3
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.2
WSW
12
1.1
SW
11
1.2
WSW
11
1.6
SW
5
1.9
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
11
12
14
14
14
15
5
24
69
179
312
322
136
494
407
359
278
311
138
284
186
125
294
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
35
SW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
11:42PM2.55m
12:03PM2.62m
00:19AM2.54m
12:35PM2.56m
00:53AM2.48m
1:06PM2.45m
Low Tide
4:49AM-0.06m
5:09PM-0.00m
5:25AM-0.02m
5:45PM0.00m
6:02AM0.07m
6:21PM0.08m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:24
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Temp °C
13
12
12
12
14
15
15
16
16
15
15
15
16
18
17
16
17
18
18
18
17
18
17
15
Feels °C
9
8
9
10
12
12
13
13
11
10
10
11
12
16
15
14
15
16
15
14
13
15
14
12
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