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Southbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
8.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Southbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Southbourne at 10AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
2.1
SE
1.9
SSE
1.5
S
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)16151514141313131276620191918181717161671414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1602139992452136825319913269371275148325520149916281327131211581901224269627472509
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
35
E
45
E
40
E
35
ESE
30
SE
25
S
30
S
20
SSE
20
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SSE
15
S
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
1.26
9:06AM
1.53
9:41PM
1.27
1:33AM
1.22
9:45AM
1.47
10:19PM
1.24
2:11AM
1.16
10:22AM
1.38
10:58PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
-0.01
5:20PM
-0.32
11:47PM
1.13
5:37AM
0.07
5:58PM
-0.19
12:33AM
1.10
6:15AM
0.17
6:35PM
-0.02
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise--7:39-------7:37-------7:35-----
Sunset----5:02-------5:05-------5:07---
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1---1222-11155-111-1-
Temp. °C878998988991010999991010109109
Feels °C (?)4222200-11334643445544443
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