Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
19.4°C
2.8° 

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 (12 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 11AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 12). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (12 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (12 Sep)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Sun night).

Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.5
W
8
1
WSW
4
1.3
WSW
5
1.4
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
5
0.2
WSW
10
1
WSW
5
0.8
WSW
5
0.7
WSW
5
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
4
0.3
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
53
33
35
86
0
0
100
0
0
93
0
0
10
49
30
20
9
9
8
11
16
8
Wind (km/h)
10
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
12:32PM2.73m
00:41AM2.65m
1:07PM2.67m
1:17AM2.57m
1:40PM2.56m
Low Tide
5:12AM-0.23m
5:32PM-0.00m
5:50AM-0.19m
6:10PM0.01m
6:28AM-0.07m
6:47PM0.10m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:28
7:24
7:22
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
15
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
19
20
20
19
19
19
18
19
20
21
20
20
Feels °C
14
13
12
12
12
13
14
14
15
14
16
18
19
20
19
20
18
19
20
19
19
18
19
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