Southbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 13 Sep 2025 BST
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Southbourne surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Southbourne sea temperature is
18.5° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Southbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Southbourne at 3AM is: 2.1m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (13 Sep)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (13 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
1
S
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)667777666677746789999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)286245434458384277268262170118997754332006431402203623122189189817291490979
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
S
25
S
35
SSE
40
SSW
50
SW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
1.35
4:10AM
0.99
12:17PM
1.27
4:39PM
1.02
12:40AM
1.16
5:12AM
1.01
1:08PM
1.13
5:33PM
1.03
1:46AM
0.96
6:14AM
1.04
2:30PM
0.99
6:28PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
0.08
2:58AM
0.96
8:11AM
0.12
3:10PM
0.98
8:39PM
0.21
3:21AM
0.93
9:05AM
0.31
3:41PM
0.96
9:41PM
0.33
3:38AM
0.91
10:14AM
0.47
3:57PM
0.97
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:41----
Sunset-------7:27-------7:23-------7:22
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1121--------1211-------
Temp. °C151414141516161513131314161618181615151416171716
Feels °C (?)1077999911101011121210131087768889
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Southbourne (calm at Burton wx 5 km from Southbourne). A 2.0m windswell from the SW

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5 km/h
SW
Clean
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