Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
16.5°C
1.8° 

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 (23 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 10PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)--
Afternoon (23 Oct)15ft (4.5m)15s
Evening (23 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat night, min 10°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the W on Fri night, gales from the WSW by Sat night).

Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WSW
14
3.5
W
8
3
W
8
2.5
W
8
2.4
WSW
7
1.9
WSW
7
1.8
WSW
6
2.4
SW
7
3.5
SW
8
4.5
SW
10
5
SW
11
4.5
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
7
2.2
WSW
7
2.1
WSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6895
1714
1060
815
548
316
255
540
1689
4110
6117
4615
2873
1565
1224
1028
813
471
363
Wind (km/h)
55
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
30
WSW
45
SW
55
SSW
60
WSW
60
WSW
45
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
45
WNW
40
W
30
W
30
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:29PM2.20m
10:04AM2.41m
10:16PM2.34m
10:45AM2.52m
Low Tide
3:02PM0.53m
3:14AM0.27m
3:37PM0.31m
3:50AM0.09m
4:13PM0.11m
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clear
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cloud
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light rain
light rain
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:43
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5:59
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5:57
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4:54
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1
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5
9
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4
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Temp °C
10
11
11
10
10
12
13
13
14
16
17
12
11
11
11
13
12
12
12
Feels °C
-2
0
1
2
3
6
7
5
4
6
7
3
1
1
0
3
2
5
4
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