Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
18.7°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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 1AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (01 Oct)4ft (1.2m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.4
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.5
SW
10
1.5
SW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.5
WSW
13
1.2
SW
13
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.8
WSW
9
0.7
SW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
606
453
437
508
560
530
477
496
382
781
501
192
164
134
134
131
131
103
81
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
10
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:53PM2.47m
2:17AM2.40m
2:39PM2.35m
3:10AM2.27m
3:31PM2.21m
Low Tide
7:08PM0.04m
7:29AM0.13m
7:53PM0.18m
8:15AM0.36m
8:43PM0.38m
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Temp °C
18
19
17
17
16
16
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16
16
16
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16
16
16
16
Feels °C
15
17
13
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15
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