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Nieuwpoort surfForecast / North Sea / Belgium
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 16 May 2026 CESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Nieuwpoort surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nieuwpoort sea temperature is
13.5° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Nieuwpoort today?
The current surf forecast for Nieuwpoort at 6PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (16 May) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 May) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Nieuwpoort. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sun night, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tue 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
N 9 | N 9 | N 10 | N 10 | N 9 | N 9 | NNW 8 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | W 4 | N 8 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | WSW 4 | N 7 | WSW 4 | N 8 | |
61 | 64 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 39 | 24 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 1:52PM4.92m | 2:10AM5.01m | 2:37PM5.07m | 2:57AM5.20m | 3:22PM5.11m | 3:43AM5.26m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:22PM0.44m | 8:43AM0.17m | 9:04PM0.31m | 9:29AM0.14m | 9:48PM0.27m | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — |
 | — | — | — | 9:32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:36 | — | — | — | 9:37 |
1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 9 | N 9 | N 10 | N 10 | N 9 | N 9 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | N 6 | N 6 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | N 8 |
 kJ | 61 | 64 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 39 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | — | — | — | — | — | N 7 | N 7 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 3 | W 3 | W 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 4 | W 3 | W 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | — | S 3 | SSW 3 |
| kJ | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | 2 | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 181 | 196 | 181 | 199 | 181 | 199 | 199 | 181 | 199 | 296 | 338 | 149 | 207 | 339 | 302 | 448 | 456 | 495 | 495 | 348 | 339 | 513 | 826 | 826 |
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