Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
19.8° C
4.3° 

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 (15 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 12AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (15 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the NE by Tue night).

Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
5
0.4
E
4
0.5
E
4
0.9
ENE
4
1.2
ENE
5
1.6
ENE
6
1.4
ENE
6
1.1
E
6
0.9
E
5
0.9
E
5
1
E
5
1.2
E
5
1.1
E
6
1
ENE
5
1.1
ENE
5
1
E
5
0.9
E
5
0.8
E
5
1.1
E
6
0.1
W
8
0.9
E
6
0.2
WSW
7
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
6
7
29
78
154
135
75
41
43
58
85
77
62
66
50
37
29
86
2
56
5
2
2
Wind (km/h)
10
E
15
ESE
30
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
ENE
30
E
20
ESE
15
ENE
15
ESE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
High Tide
11:54PM2.62m
12:34PM2.68m
00:42AM2.69m
1:21PM2.73m
1:27AM2.69m
Low Tide
4:40PM0.13m
5:06AM-0.23m
5:26PM0.09m
5:52AM-0.29m
6:12PM0.10m
6:37AM-0.26m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:09
5:09
5:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:14
9:13
9:12
9:10
 mm
Temp °C
27
24
24
21
18
18
23
26
26
27
23
21
18
17
23
24
27
25
22
20
19
18
22
23
Feels °C
25
22
19
17
14
13
18
22
22
22
18
17
14
13
19
19
23
22
19
18
17
15
20
20
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