Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
18.9°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 (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 5AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (29 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (29 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s

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 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
E
4
1
ESE
5
1.2
ESE
5
1.1
ESE
5
0.9
ESE
5
0.9
SE
4
1
SSE
4
1.2
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.8
SSW
12
2.1
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1.3
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.5
SW
10
1.4
SW
10
1.3
SW
10
1.2
SW
12
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
45
67
61
39
29
42
67
74
65
918
1048
716
543
399
341
549
538
459
420
355
386
479
303
Wind (km/h)
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
00:48AM2.54m
1:13PM2.57m
1:30AM2.49m
1:53PM2.47m
2:17AM2.40m
2:39PM2.35m
Low Tide
6:08AM-0.13m
6:28PM-0.03m
6:47AM-0.03m
7:08PM0.04m
7:29AM0.13m
7:53PM0.18m
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2
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Temp °C
16
17
18
18
20
21
22
21
20
19
20
18
18
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
17
17
16
16
Feels °C
13
15
15
14
18
19
19
18
18
17
16
15
15
15
16
15
13
13
13
12
13
13
12
13
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