Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.38° N 5.16° W

Holywell Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Holywell Bay sea temperature is
17.4°C
2.8° 

Holywell 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 Holywell Bay today (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Holywell Bay at 3AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (08 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (08 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu night, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Fri morning).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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7 AM
10 AM
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7 PM
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4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
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10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
NNW
6
2
NW
7
1.8
NW
7
1.6
NW
6
1
WNW
6
0.8
N
6
0.8
W
6
1.1
W
5
1.7
W
6
2
W
7
2.2
W
8
2.5
W
8
3
W
8
3
W
9
3
WNW
9
2.5
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.3
WNW
10
2
W
10
1.9
WNW
10
1.7
W
10
1.6
W
11
1.5
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
329
352
290
206
88
48
44
55
218
404
544
796
1197
1502
1331
1287
1295
1250
1087
849
800
644
584
505
Wind (km/h)
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:14AM5.73m
4:33PM6.16m
4:57AM6.14m
5:14PM6.49m
5:35AM6.44m
5:51PM6.67m
Low Tide
10:17PM0.92m
10:35AM0.89m
11:01PM0.55m
11:16AM0.54m
11:38PM0.29m
11:53AM0.31m
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Temp °C
13
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Feels °C
5
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