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South Shields surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 BST
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South Shields surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's South Shields sea temperature is
15.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at South Shields today?

The current surf forecast for South Shields at 11PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)--
Afternoon (23 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (23 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)1099999999998888885666888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2482171851691391291031031058383797351515161120198108106353456
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:39PM
4.82
4:43AM
5.15
5:16PM
4.86
5:20AM
5.22
5:50PM
4.84
5:55AM
5.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
1.15
11:13AM
0.57
11:22PM
1.07
11:48AM
0.60
11:54PM
1.07
12:20PM
0.72
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:56-------5:58--
Sunset-8:21-------8:19-------8:15------
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414161515172020212019191721242522202119192021
Feels °C (?)131212151314161818202019181519212218181817171717
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at South Shields (calm at Newcastle Airport 18 km from South Shields). A 1.1m swell from the NNE

    2 hours 1 minute ago South Shields
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18 km away, 2 h 1 min ago

4 km/h
N
0.0
15.1
Air / Water (°C)
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