Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
18.2°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 (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 9AM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (12 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (12 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Tue morning, light winds from the SW by Tue night).

Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
5
1.5
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
1.8
SSW
6
1.8
SSW
6
0.7
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.6
SW
5
1.7
WSW
6
2.1
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
7
1.4
WSW
7
1.3
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
1.1
WSW
10
1
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.7
SW
10
0.7
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
66
126
198
260
253
144
551
505
488
138
189
370
248
186
389
310
255
212
175
171
125
125
100
85
Wind (km/h)
30
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
25
WNW
25
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:19AM2.54m
12:35PM2.56m
00:53AM2.48m
1:06PM2.45m
1:27AM2.38m
1:36PM2.33m
Low Tide
5:25AM-0.02m
5:45PM0.00m
6:02AM0.07m
6:21PM0.08m
6:37AM0.22m
6:56PM0.21m
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7:26
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6:19
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Temp °C
15
15
15
15
17
17
17
16
17
18
18
17
18
19
17
15
14
13
14
15
15
16
15
16
Feels °C
10
9
10
11
14
15
13
13
15
15
15
12
14
15
14
12
12
12
13
13
12
12
12
14
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