Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 19 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
17.2°C
2.3° 

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):

  • 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 11PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)--
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 31mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue night, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Mon night, near gales from the W by Wed afternoon).

Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SE
4
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
0.4
SW
13
0.2
WSW
12
0.9
SW
4
1.5
S
5
2.1
SSW
6
2.2
WSW
7
3.5
WSW
8
5
WSW
11
5
WSW
11
4
WSW
9
3
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
40
34
33
51
46
44
44
42
15
29
119
344
444
1342
5755
5433
2552
1121
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
25
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
40
S
30
SSW
40
W
45
WSW
55
WSW
60
W
50
W
40
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:27PM1.84m
6:20AM1.86m
6:31PM1.86m
7:28AM1.95m
7:36PM1.94m
Low Tide
11:44PM0.97m
12:44PM1.10m
1:13AM0.85m
1:45PM0.95m
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
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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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6:01
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 mm
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2
6
8
5
1
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1
1
1
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1
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Temp °C
12
12
12
11
10
11
11
10
11
12
14
13
13
11
11
11
10
12
12
Feels °C
7
7
9
9
6
8
9
5
6
7
8
5
7
2
1
-1
-3
1
3
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