Southerndown surf break

Southerndown surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 07 Sep 2025 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
18.7° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Southerndown today?

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 5AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (07 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (07 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
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 (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
W
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)7778111110101010109998678887778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)292725451742663705305805155612272142811459496100716848466790
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
8.41
7:08PM
8.98
7:29AM
8.98
7:46PM
9.47
8:07AM
9.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43AM
0.85
12:57PM
0.65
1:19AM
0.26
1:32PM
0.16
1:54AM
-0.13
2:08PM
-0.14
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset-------7:47-------7:45-------7:44
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----31-----1--1221-----
Temp. °C181918181917171615151413151717161413131315181717
Feels °C (?)131415161614141210101010111313121111111111131112
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - South East

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Southerndown (light winds from the SSE at St Athan 13 km from Southerndown). 0.6m 3s local chop from the SE with a 0.3m 8s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
SSE
Clean
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