Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 21 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 (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 3AM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (21 Oct)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (21 Oct)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Fri morning). Mainly gales.

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
1
1
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
5
1.1
SW
6
3
WSW
8
3.5
WSW
8
3.5
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.1
WSW
9
1.7
WSW
9
1.7
WSW
10
1.5
SW
9
1.9
SW
6
3
SSW
7
3.5
S
8
2.5
SE
8
2
SW
12
3.5
SW
14
3.5
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
8
3
WSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
52
105
75
998
1584
1482
1157
950
769
1044
1055
749
486
539
367
257
705
1310
868
1094
4605
5213
1183
880
Wind (km/h)
30
S
30
S
20
SE
45
WNW
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
WSW
20
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
SSW
35
SSW
50
S
50
SSE
60
SSE
10
WNW
65
WNW
70
WNW
55
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:28AM1.95m
7:36PM1.94m
8:30AM2.09m
8:36PM2.06m
9:20AM2.26m
9:29PM2.20m
Low Tide
1:13AM0.85m
1:45PM0.95m
2:00AM0.67m
2:26PM0.75m
2:38AM0.47m
3:02PM0.53m
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clear
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light rain
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7:41
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6:01
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6:00
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5:59
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 mm
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1
2
6
1
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8
1
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2
4
7
1
3
1
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Temp °C
14
13
13
10
11
12
12
12
10
12
12
12
14
15
14
14
14
13
15
12
9
10
11
11
Feels °C
8
7
9
0
1
2
3
4
6
5
5
6
9
10
7
5
4
1
14
-1
-5
-3
1
2
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