Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.38° N 5.16° W

Holywell Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Holywell Bay sea temperature is
16.6°C
2.7° 

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 (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Holywell Bay at 4PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (20 Oct)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Tue morning, severe gales from the NW by Thu night).

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
W
12
1.1
W
12
1
W
12
1
W
12
0.9
WNW
13
2.4
W
8
4.5
WNW
10
6
WNW
12
6
WNW
12
5
WNW
11
4.5
WNW
10
3.5
W
10
4
W
9
3.5
W
10
3.5
W
10
3
W
10
2.5
W
11
2.4
W
11
2.2
W
11
2.1
W
11
2.1
WSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
359
359
304
319
235
657
4292
9824
9088
6616
4464
2755
2586
2498
2186
1820
1548
1344
1169
1104
1008
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSE
45
WNW
55
WNW
55
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
W
35
WSW
50
WSW
40
W
35
W
25
W
15
SW
20
S
35
S
45
S
55
S
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:23PM4.46m
2:08AM4.42m
2:36PM4.79m
3:08AM4.84m
3:26PM5.25m
Low Tide
7:06AM2.46m
8:00PM2.26m
8:26AM2.19m
9:03PM1.87m
9:21AM1.78m
9:49PM1.40m
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
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7:50
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7:52
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6:19
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6:17
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6:15
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 mm
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1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
1
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3
3
2
Temp °C
12
13
14
13
12
12
11
11
11
12
12
11
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
Feels °C
9
8
8
7
5
3
-1
-2
-2
0
1
4
3
5
6
8
9
10
7
5
4
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