Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
18.8°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 (29 Sep):

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

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 4PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (29 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
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 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue night, light winds from the W by Thu night).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ESE
5
1.3
ESE
5
1
SE
5
1.1
SE
5
1.2
SSE
5
1.2
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.9
SSW
6
2
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1
WSW
14
1.2
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
83
80
47
47
66
68
86
225
930
716
606
453
538
652
286
319
538
515
347
366
283
Wind (km/h)
35
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
1:13PM2.57m
1:30AM2.49m
1:53PM2.47m
2:17AM2.40m
2:39PM2.35m
Low Tide
6:28PM-0.03m
6:47AM-0.03m
7:08PM0.04m
7:29AM0.13m
7:53PM0.18m
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:46
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2
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Temp °C
19
20
22
23
21
20
20
19
18
18
18
18
17
16
16
16
16
17
17
16
16
Feels °C
15
16
19
19
18
17
16
14
15
14
15
15
13
13
13
13
14
13
12
13
13
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