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Ringstead Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 GMT
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Ringstead Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ringstead Bay sea temperature is
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ringstead Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Ringstead Bay at 4AM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)18s
Evening (28 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
4
2
4
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
2.3
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)14131313181818181717171716151414136121219181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45623112209414171075995901995233921952330100215711232736557431451590580791606389029189
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
10
WSW
5
S
15
S
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		glasscross-
on		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22PM
1.05
12:58AM
1.61
8:31AM
1.14
1:37PM
1.51
9:15PM
1.01
2:34AM
1.61
9:08AM
1.00
3:31PM
1.53
10:22PM
0.90
4:09AM
1.78
4:55PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
1.04
6:07AM
0.97
10:14AM
1.06
6:55PM
0.88
10:24PM
0.99
8:02AM
0.99
11:22AM
0.89
8:46PM
0.86
11:33PM
0.88
12:31PM
0.68
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----7:50-------7:48-------7:48---
Sunset------4:52-------4:54-------4:57-
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
21-11-----------142--131
Temp. °C887779988877788888888898
Feels °C (?)15535664442211222344300-1
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