Southerndown Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.45° N 3.61° W

Southerndown 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Southerndown sea temperature is
18.5°C
3.1° 

Southerndown surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Southerndown today (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 6PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (26 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (26 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
7
0.7
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
1.1
SW
6
1.1
WSW
8
0.9
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
7
0.6
WSW
7
0.7
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
7
0.6
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
82
69
63
48
156
153
108
104
33
33
104
138
97
74
70
54
41
57
62
95
91
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
5
W
5
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
S
25
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:08PM8.91m
7:26AM8.92m
7:42PM9.25m
8:01AM9.18m
8:18PM9.36m
Low Tide
12:56PM0.62m
1:15AM0.32m
1:28PM0.26m
1:46AM0.08m
2:00PM0.07m
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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7:09
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Temp °C
15
16
16
16
15
13
12
12
14
18
17
15
14
13
13
13
13
15
16
16
13
Feels °C
13
14
14
16
15
11
9
8
10
14
14
11
11
11
12
12
11
12
13
13
10
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