Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 19 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
17.4°C
2.5° 

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 (19 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 5AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Afternoon (19 Oct)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (19 Oct)1ft (0.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun night, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Tue morning, strong winds from the W by Tue night).

Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SW
10
0.1
W
10
0.9
ESE
4
1.1
SE
4
1
SE
4
0.2
WSW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
1.1
W
5
1.1
WSW
4
1.3
SW
5
1.8
SSW
6
2.5
SW
7
2.5
WSW
7
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
2
31
43
40
26
40
34
33
51
46
44
44
0
0
78
200
556
633
1014
1107
1137
1261
1249
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
20
NE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
N
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
45
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
35
W
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
5:14AM1.84m
5:27PM1.84m
6:20AM1.86m
6:31PM1.86m
7:28AM1.95m
7:36PM1.94m
Low Tide
10:31AM1.13m
11:44PM0.97m
12:44PM1.10m
1:13AM0.85m
1:45PM0.95m
light rain
light rain
rain showers
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
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7:35
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7:37
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6:06
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6:04
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 mm
1
1
1
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2
6
6
5
1
3
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1
3
1
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Temp °C
9
10
13
13
13
13
13
12
11
10
13
12
12
10
12
13
13
13
11
10
12
12
12
12
Feels °C
4
6
7
6
7
8
9
8
9
6
10
8
10
4
7
6
5
8
1
0
2
2
4
4
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