Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
17.6°C
2.4° 

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 (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 5s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 9AM is: 1.6m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)5ft (1.6m)5s
Afternoon (15 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (15 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
1.6
SW
6
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
14
0.8
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1
WSW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.5
SW
12
0.5
SW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
273
137
140
150
248
217
208
246
479
538
357
172
111
108
75
74
58
56
56
56
56
55
34
32
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
25
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:01AM2.26m
2:08PM2.20m
2:38AM2.13m
2:46PM2.08m
3:23AM2.00m
3:32PM1.96m
Low Tide
7:13AM0.40m
7:32PM0.38m
7:49AM0.59m
8:10PM0.57m
8:27AM0.80m
8:53PM0.76m
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cloud
cloud
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clear
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light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:31
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2
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Temp °C
16
16
17
18
18
17
16
16
16
16
12
12
14
15
14
11
10
9
9
9
12
14
12
10
Feels °C
12
12
13
14
14
14
14
13
14
13
5
6
8
9
8
5
5
4
4
4
6
7
5
4
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