Freshwater West Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.65° N 5.06° W

Freshwater West 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater West sea temperature is
17.8°C
1.7° 

Freshwater West 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 West today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater West at 4AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon afternoon).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
7
1.4
W
7
1.4
WSW
7
1.1
WSW
8
1
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
9
0.8
WSW
9
0.8
WSW
6
0.7
WSW
6
0.9
SSW
5
1.2
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.7
WSW
8
1.3
WSW
9
1.7
W
10
2.3
WSW
14
2.3
WSW
13
2.3
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.4
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
319
176
173
163
197
166
135
129
86
92
34
35
43
78
48
62
228
596
2012
1750
1739
1824
1643
1525
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
00:08AM5.58m
12:41PM5.41m
1:34AM5.20m
2:22PM5.27m
3:21AM5.28m
3:59PM5.62m
Low Tide
6:29AM2.35m
7:16PM2.48m
8:03AM2.60m
9:07PM2.45m
9:46AM2.39m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:39
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:59
7:55
7:53
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
15
16
16
19
18
18
18
19
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
10
11
12
13
12
12
14
14
13
12
12
11
15
14
16
16
16
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
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