Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 8AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
11
0.7
SSE
4
0.8
SSE
4
1.2
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
5
1.3
SW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.1
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
7
0.7
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
7
0.8
E
4
1.1
E
5
1.3
E
6
1.2
E
6
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.6
SE
4
0.9
SE
4
1.4
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
12
12
22
57
102
115
111
110
75
66
56
41
37
21
51
100
92
12
12
11
10
29
102
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
E
25
SE
25
ESE
30
SE
35
SE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
11:30PM2.50m
11:59AM2.60m
00:09AM2.54m
12:35PM2.61m
00:48AM2.54m
1:13PM2.57m
Low Tide
4:56AM-0.08m
5:14PM0.05m
5:31AM-0.14m
5:50PM-0.03m
6:08AM-0.13m
6:28PM-0.03m
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clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
16
16
17
17
17
17
18
16
14
13
13
14
16
14
13
13
13
14
14
16
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19
21
22
Feels °C
14
13
14
13
12
13
15
14
11
11
11
12
14
11
9
10
11
13
12
14
15
16
18
17
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