Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
16.9°C
2.1° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 5AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (22 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (22 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 59mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu afternoon, gales from the WNW by Fri morning).

Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
8
3.5
WSW
8
3
WSW
9
2.3
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
8
1.4
SW
9
1.3
SW
9
2
SSW
6
3
SSW
7
4
SSW
8
4.5
SSW
10
5
WSW
15
5.5
WSW
14
4.5
WSW
10
4
W
8
3
W
7
2.5
W
6
2.2
W
7
1.8
WSW
7
1.8
WSW
6
2.3
WSW
7
3.5
SW
8
4.5
SW
9
5
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1109
1554
1115
696
353
323
252
270
1005
1995
3844
11915
11716
3957
1921
1021
598
469
317
255
465
1537
3504
5594
Wind (km/h)
50
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
SW
30
SSE
45
S
55
SSW
55
S
45
SE
60
NW
70
WNW
60
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
40
SW
55
SSW
65
SW
60
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
8:30AM2.09m
8:36PM2.06m
9:20AM2.26m
9:29PM2.20m
10:04AM2.41m
Low Tide
2:00AM0.67m
2:26PM0.75m
2:38AM0.47m
3:02PM0.53m
3:14AM0.27m
3:37PM0.31m
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5:59
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 mm
1
4
1
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6
9
1
6
10
1
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1
2
6
10
3
Temp °C
14
13
12
13
14
14
14
14
15
13
14
11
9
9
10
10
10
11
11
13
12
14
16
17
Feels °C
4
5
5
6
8
9
9
5
5
2
6
-1
-5
-4
-2
-1
1
4
5
6
4
4
5
7
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