Surf Forecasts:
Gorleston on Sea surf forecast from 10 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 12 Jul, 10AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period, NE swell with 107 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Gorleston on Sea this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Gorleston on Sea in the next 16 days are 1.3m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 12) at 10AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 10AM (Sun 12th Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Gorleston on Sea over the next 16 days.
Alright, I’m lookin’ at this stretch for Gorleston. Straight up, it is a grim run of surf. It honestly looks like someone’s turned the swell machine off and walked away. There's pretty much nothing rideable for the entire two weeks.
Right now, Friday the 10th, it’s barely a ripple with 0.7ft from the NNE and a short period of 6 seconds. Wind is onshore too, making it messy. The water temp is sitting at 65°F which feels about 6°F warmer than you'd normally expect for July – that's proper unusual, you could almost call it bathwater for the North Sea, but it won’t help the waves.
There’s no real build through the weekend. Saturday the 11th sees a tiny 2ft to 2ft with a miserable 4-second period and cross-onshore winds around 12-16 mph. Choppy and useless. Sunday the 12th is the biggest bump, hitting 4ft from the NE with a period of 6 seconds, and it kicks the combined energy up to a moderate 107, but the wind is still a lumpy cross-onshore at 19 mph. That’s just messy. The wave comment says “poor surf conditions” and the score is a flat zero every single time.
The only spot that might look half-interesting is the 18th and 19th – the weekend after next. Saturday the 18th has a cross-offshore wind from the NNW at 19 mph, with swell at 4-5ft from the NNE. That 5ft is actually the top of the range, and the combined swell energy gets back up to 114 on the afternoon. The wind is "clean" so it won't be chopped up, but the period is only 5 to 6 seconds, which will make it crumbly and weak. For an inconsistent spot like Gorleston, this is your best real chance, but it’s still a long way off and nothing to get excited about.
Honestly, with that consistent onshore wind and tiny swell, if you see some good wind on a bigger day, the setup would be more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. There's nothing pushing past 5ft, so it’s not dangerous, just flat.
Make a cuppa, check back in a few days. Forecasts can change, but this one looks proper stubborn.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Sun afternoon). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | E 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 107 | 100 | 92 | 80 | 88 | 76 | 48 | 39 | 64 | 36 | 34 | 37 | 18 | 21 | 55 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:46PM2.28m | 5:41AM2.16m | 5:49PM2.34m | 6:30AM2.26m | 6:49PM2.41m | 7:17AM2.39m | 7:46PM2.46m | 8:03AM2.54m | 8:43PM2.47m | 8:49AM2.68m | 9:39PM2.43m | 9:34AM2.79m | 10:35PM2.36m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 11:08AM0.97m | 11:56PM0.53m | 12:29PM0.80m | 1:05AM0.47m | 1:33PM0.56m | 2:02AM0.39m | 2:28PM0.29m | 2:52AM0.33m | 3:18PM0.04m | 3:37AM0.31m | 4:05PM-0.16m | 4:20AM0.33m | 4:51PM-0.27m | ||||||||
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 | 4:41 | — | — | 4:41 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:43 | — | — | 4:46 | — | — | 4:47 | — | — | 4:48 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:13 | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:07 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20 |
Feels °C | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 5 | — | — | N 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | N 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 3 | E 3 | E 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 5 | NE 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 5 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 107 | 100 | 92 | 80 | 88 | 76 | 48 | 39 | 64 | 36 | 34 | 37 | 18 | 21 | 55 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 411 | 411 | 427 | 473 | 520 | 511 | 640 | 494 | 382 | 360 | 585 | 305 | 595 | 474 | 520 | 520 | 668 | 292 | 491 | 495 | 169 |
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