Freshwater Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.67° N 1.51° W

Freshwater Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
20.7°C
3.8° 

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 (29 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 7s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 9PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)--
Afternoon (29 Aug)10ft (3.0m)7s
Evening (29 Aug)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the W by Mon night).

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
8
3.5
SW
9
3
WSW
9
2.5
WSW
8
2.1
WSW
9
1.7
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
9
1.4
SW
8
1.5
SW
5
1.7
WSW
6
2.1
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
8
2.3
WSW
8
2
WSW
7
1.8
WSW
9
1.7
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1213
1798
1546
966
644
449
135
262
124
183
380
729
815
597
384
520
445
127
71
Wind (km/h)
50
SW
45
WSW
45
W
35
W
25
W
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
45
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:37AM2.52m
1:09PM2.56m
1:12AM2.49m
1:44PM2.53m
Low Tide
5:39PM0.19m
5:57AM-0.10m
6:14PM0.14m
6:32AM-0.10m
6:50PM0.14m
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:58
7:55
7:53
 mm
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
19
19
18
17
16
17
18
19
19
18
17
16
16
15
17
19
19
17
15
Feels °C
12
12
11
12
12
14
14
14
13
13
11
8
9
10
12
14
14
11
11
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