Southerndown surf break

Southerndown surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 BST
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Southerndown surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Southerndown sea temperature is
10.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Southerndown today?

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 1PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121111111111101010161610333312111010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31292725252412111194552000051227343230
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
ENE
35
E
40
ENE
40
E
40
E
30
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:48AM
8.78
10:10PM
8.59
10:37AM
8.08
11:02PM
7.92
11:34AM
7.33
12:04AM
7.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
0.34
3:45PM
0.76
4:12AM
0.92
4:34PM
1.41
5:08AM
1.60
5:35PM
2.09
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:07-------6:05-------6:03------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:21-------8:22--
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C65710121286558131513108768131515128
Feels °C (?)0-1-1244-2-3-4-4-158731101691072
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