Southerndown Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.45° N 3.61° W

Southerndown 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southerndown sea temperature is
19.7°C
3.6° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 11AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
7
1.1
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
7
0.7
WSW
6
0.5
WSW
8
0.7
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.5
W
9
0.5
W
6
0.6
WSW
6
0.7
WSW
6
0.8
WSW
6
0.8
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
8
1.1
WSW
11
1.5
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
12
1.8
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
151
125
82
44
35
60
72
66
46
45
40
18
30
36
44
40
116
303
815
841
953
933
872
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
S
15
W
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
1:01PM6.77m
1:47AM6.53m
2:33PM6.57m
3:24AM6.57m
4:04PM6.95m
Low Tide
6:24AM2.36m
7:09PM2.53m
7:57AM2.74m
8:57PM2.62m
9:43AM2.57m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:33
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:50
7:47
 mm
1
Temp °C
14
14
15
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
17
23
25
20
18
17
18
17
16
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
10
11
12
13
13
13
14
13
13
13
14
19
22
19
17
16
16
15
12
12
12
12
10
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