Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Ringstead Bay today (24 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Ringstead Bay at 2PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 24). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (24 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (24 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Ringstead Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Mon morning, calm by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | S 12 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 17 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:38AM1.38m | 12:46PM1.19m | 5:07PM1.66m | 00:46AM0.97m | 5:39AM1.55m | 1:08PM1.08m | 5:59PM1.86m | 1:07AM0.82m | 6:31AM1.73m | 1:28PM0.96m | 6:46PM2.04m | ||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:35AM1.08m | 9:53AM0.95m | 1:39PM1.18m | 10:32PM0.81m | 2:00AM0.93m | 10:36AM0.84m | 2:08PM1.06m | 11:12PM0.69m | 2:28AM0.77m | 11:16AM0.74m | 2:40PM0.91m | ||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | |  | | | | |  |  | | | | | | |  | |
 | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:07 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | E 4 | SW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | 17 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | S 12 | — | — | — | — | — | W 11 | — | — | — | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | E 4 | E 4 | SW 7 | SW 7 | S 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | — | — | — | W 10 | — | — | — | W 9 | SW 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 5 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | ESE 5 | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | — | — | ESE 2 |
| kJ | 81 | 149 | 243 | 297 | 316 | 247 | 226 | 277 | 220 | 170 | 143 | 89 | 43 | 31 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 221 | 371 | 528 | 335 | 345 | 388 | 245 | 223 | 198 | 190 | 190 | 125 | 158 | 158 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 144 | 193 | 291 | 159 | 291 | 245 |
Best forecast wave conditions in South Coast of England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Ringstead Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest