Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
20.7°C
3.8° 

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 (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 5AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (27 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 20°C on Wed night, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu night, near gales from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ESE
4
0.9
ESE
4
0.9
SE
5
0.6
SE
4
0.4
S
4
0.4
SSW
3
0.2
WSW
8
0.5
SW
3
0.7
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
1.3
WSW
5
1.8
WSW
6
2.2
SW
7
2
SW
7
2
WSW
7
2.1
SW
7
2.1
SW
7
2.4
SW
7
2.4
SW
7
3
SW
7
3
SW
8
3
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
32
35
14
4
4
6
5
11
13
15
31
87
238
434
418
384
370
410
526
606
838
1355
1199
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
20
SSE
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
55
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
10:53PM2.32m
11:28AM2.36m
11:28PM2.43m
12:02PM2.47m
00:02AM2.49m
12:35PM2.54m
Low Tide
4:20AM0.22m
4:34PM0.39m
4:52AM0.07m
5:06PM0.27m
5:24AM-0.04m
5:39PM0.19m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
6:13
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8:02
8:00
7:58
 mm
1
1
4
1
1
Temp °C
19
19
19
18
20
19
19
18
17
17
16
18
18
18
17
18
18
18
17
17
19
19
19
18
Feels °C
18
18
17
17
19
17
17
16
15
16
14
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12
10
11
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14
13
12
10
13
10
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11
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