Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.39° N 5.15° W

Penhale 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Penhale sea temperature is
17.3°C
2.7° 

Penhale surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Penhale today (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 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) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Penhale at 6PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (08 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu night, min 13°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, light winds from the WSW by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
6
1
WNW
6
0.8
WNW
6
0.9
W
5
1.3
W
5
1.9
W
7
2
W
7
2.2
W
8
2.5
W
8
3
W
9
3
W
9
3
WNW
9
3
WNW
9
3
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.3
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
11
1.8
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.5
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
206
88
48
43
93
309
439
544
943
1604
1655
1445
1443
1463
1322
1331
1162
989
734
595
514
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
20
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
4:33PM6.16m
4:57AM6.14m
5:14PM6.49m
5:35AM6.44m
5:51PM6.67m
Low Tide
10:35AM0.89m
11:01PM0.55m
11:16AM0.54m
11:38PM0.29m
11:53AM0.31m
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7:33
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Temp °C
13
13
13
13
14
15
16
16
16
16
14
14
14
13
14
13
13
13
14
14
14
Feels °C
7
8
9
8
8
10
11
9
9
9
7
6
6
5
7
7
7
8
9
9
10
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