Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
19.0°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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 8AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (28 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (28 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue night, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
7
0.7
SW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
7
0.4
WSW
7
0.8
E
4
1
E
5
1
E
5
0.9
ESE
5
0.8
ESE
4
0.9
SE
4
1.1
SE
5
1.2
SE
5
1.2
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.6
SSW
6
1.7
SW
7
2
SW
10
1.8
SW
10
1.1
SW
11
1.8
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
116
90
70
64
42
39
21
20
21
44
49
35
26
28
54
62
73
90
148
269
784
677
254
685
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
00:09AM2.54m
12:35PM2.61m
00:48AM2.54m
1:13PM2.57m
1:30AM2.49m
1:53PM2.47m
Low Tide
5:31AM-0.14m
5:50PM-0.03m
6:08AM-0.13m
6:28PM-0.03m
6:47AM-0.03m
7:08PM0.04m
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clear
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
15
14
13
14
16
17
16
16
16
16
17
18
19
20
20
21
20
18
19
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
13
13
12
13
15
15
13
13
13
13
14
14
17
17
17
17
16
15
15
15
13
12
13
14
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