
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today (28 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 9PM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 Jul) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 5s |
| Evening (28 Jul) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Freshwater Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | W 8 | ESE 3 | — | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | W 10 | WSW 5 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 44 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 11:24PM2.30m | 11:59AM2.29m | 11:59PM2.39m | 12:33PM2.38m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:21PM0.52m | 4:44AM0.25m | 4:56PM0.43m | 5:18AM0.14m | 5:30PM0.37m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 8:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:53 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 18 |
Feels °C | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 5 |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 44 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 10 | — | — | — | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 |
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 8 | W 8 | — | — | W 8 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 3 | — | WSW 5 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | W 5 |
— | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 64 | 49 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 167 | 260 | 249 | 249 | 249 | 249 | 268 | 285 | 604 | 346 | 268 | 268 | 268 | 268 | 268 | 346 | 346 | 366 | 23 |
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