Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
20.9°C
4.0° 

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 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 10PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)--
Afternoon (23 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (23 Aug)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Mon morning, light winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Sun
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
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
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
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
4
0.4
ESE
4
0.6
ESE
4
0.9
ESE
5
1.3
ESE
5
1.6
E
6
1.7
E
6
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
1.3
E
6
1
E
5
0.9
E
5
1
E
5
0.9
E
4
0.8
ESE
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
7
11
37
91
160
198
4
3
3
3
3
3
116
53
40
42
33
24
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
35
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
20
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
8:18PM1.89m
9:27AM1.88m
9:31PM2.03m
10:16AM2.05m
Low Tide
1:56PM0.95m
2:30AM0.76m
2:45PM0.82m
3:12AM0.58m
3:25PM0.67m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:10
8:08
8:07
 mm
Temp °C
19
18
19
18
16
16
17
19
20
21
17
18
18
18
20
22
21
19
19
Feels °C
16
14
16
14
11
11
11
12
13
15
11
13
12
13
16
19
18
17
18
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