Surf Forecasts:
Kimmeridge Bay surf forecast from 5 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 12 Jul, 1AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period, E swell with 53 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Kimmeridge Bay this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Kimmeridge Bay in the next 16 days are 0.9m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 12) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 6s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 12) at 4AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Sun 12th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Kimmeridge Bay over the next 16 days.
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Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' over the next couple of weeks.
Honestly, it's a pretty flat and frustrating picture. We're staring down a long dry spell, with nothing but tiny, weak, messy waves on offer right through the forecast period. The numbers don’t lie—the combined swell energy barely ever cracks 20, most of the time sittin' in the single digits or low tens (6, 34, 4, 22, 2...). For a spot like Kimmeridge Bay that's a reliable reef, that's a sad sight.
You can basically write off the first week. The water's hangin' in there temperature-wise, but without any push, you're just bobbin' around. From Sunday the 5th of July right through to Friday the 10th, it's all under 1 ft and mostly from the west–southwest with pathetic 3-4 second periods. The wind's doing no favours either, mostly cross or cross-off, chopping up the little bumps that do show. There's a moment on Wednesday morning the 8th with glassy conditions, but that's on a 0.3 ft, 10-second wrap—you could paddle out on a lilo and not get wet.
The second half of that first week and into the second week gets a tiny flicker. Saturday the 11th afternoon shows 2 ft from the east on a 5-second period, with a combined energy of 23, but it's cross-shore with a chop. Thursday the 16th morning serves up a brief offshore breeze from the north with 0.3 ft from the southeast—clean, but again, nothing to ride. The rest of the way out to Monday the 20th of July is a wasteland; multiple periods with no swell at all, just clean but empty lineup conditions.
The only faint whisper of a proper swell comes on Tuesday the 14th morning, with 0.3 ft but a long 11-second period from the southwest. The energy is still pathetic at 6, and it's clean with a cross-off wind, but on a reef like Kimmeridge, a long-period groundswell that small is just gonna wash straight through. No standouts here, I'm afraid. It’s a classic summer blank run for the area.
Keep your boards waxed and your eyes on the charts; it tends not to stay this poor for long.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | W 9 | W 9 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | E 4 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 8 | E 5 | E 6 |
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 kJ | 4 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 53 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross | off | glassy | on | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:18AM1.62m | 11:25PM1.85m | 11:58AM1.59m | 00:05AM1.76m | 12:44PM1.54m | 00:52AM1.65m | 1:40PM1.49m | 1:53AM1.52m | 2:55PM1.46m | 3:18AM1.43m | 4:22PM1.50m | 4:51AM1.46m | 5:33PM1.64m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:28AM0.33m | 6:16PM0.64m | 6:59AM0.36m | 6:46PM0.68m | 7:31AM0.39m | 7:27PM0.71m | 8:07AM0.43m | 8:22PM0.72m | 8:51AM0.48m | 9:29PM0.71m | 9:49AM0.53m | 11:08PM0.67m | 11:24AM0.56m | 1:02AM0.53m | |||||||
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 | 5:01 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:21 | — | — | 9:20 | — | — | 9:20 | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 9:17 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 25 |
Feels °C | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | W 10 | WSW 4 | W 9 | W 9 | WSW 3 | W 9 | W 9 | WSW 3 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | ESE 4 | SW 6 | E 4 | E 4 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | — | W 9 | W 6 | — | W 8 | — | — | W 9 | W 10 | W 10 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | E 6 | — | — | W 6 |
| kJ | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 6 | — | — | W 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 6 | — | — | W 9 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 4 | — | WSW 4 | WSW 3 | — | — | WSW 3 | — | — | — | ESE 3 | E 4 | E 4 | — | E 5 | — | — | E 5 | E 5 | E 6 |
| kJ | — | 18 | — | 1 | 8 | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 21 | 15 | — | 18 | — | — | 25 | 22 | 53 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 170 | 205 | 225 | 235 | 240 | 198 | 132 | 240 | 173 | 173 | 176 | 173 | 132 | 238 | 132 | 108 | 108 | 151 | 152 | 217 | 173 |
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