Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
18.7°C
2.8° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 8AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
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)
1.4
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.1
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.5
SW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
1
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.7
SW
10
0.7
SW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.9
SW
9
0.7
SW
9
0.7
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
8
0.7
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
420
560
276
530
496
382
458
336
229
164
161
94
92
80
118
81
68
68
67
62
61
38
39
55
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
W
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
2:17AM2.40m
2:39PM2.35m
3:10AM2.27m
3:31PM2.21m
4:11AM2.15m
4:32PM2.10m
Low Tide
7:29AM0.13m
7:53PM0.18m
8:15AM0.36m
8:43PM0.38m
9:10AM0.61m
9:47PM0.57m
light rain
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rain showers
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clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
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clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
16
16
15
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
18
17
Feels °C
13
12
13
12
13
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
15
14
15
14
15
15
15
14
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