Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
18.8°C
3.1° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 10AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (04 Oct)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
7
0.4
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.1
W
13
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
W
7
0.1
W
12
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
12
0.1
W
11
0.4
ESE
3
0.1
W
11
0.5
E
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
21
18
10
9
6
6
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
1
3
2
3
3
6
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
W
10
SW
10
W
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
High Tide
5:21AM2.06m
5:43PM2.04m
6:41AM2.06m
7:03PM2.06m
8:03AM2.16m
8:21PM2.16m
Low Tide
10:24AM0.83m
11:15PM0.68m
12:05PM0.88m
00:51AM0.60m
1:29PM0.75m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
16
15
15
17
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
18
18
18
18
17
16
16
16
18
18
18
17
Feels °C
16
15
15
17
16
17
16
16
15
14
15
17
17
17
18
17
15
15
15
17
17
17
16
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