Southerndown Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.45° N 3.61° W

Southerndown 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southerndown sea temperature is
16.2°C
2.2° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 10PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (22 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 71mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 8°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, gales from the WNW by Fri morning).

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
9
1
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
9
1.1
SW
9
1.7
SW
14
2.5
W
15
4
W
12
3.5
W
12
3
W
12
2.5
W
12
2.3
W
9
1.9
WSW
9
1.6
WSW
8
1.7
WSW
7
2.1
SW
8
3.5
WSW
10
4
WSW
12
4
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
336
232
214
127
203
1089
3238
4138
3254
2440
1947
912
547
338
285
503
2177
4372
4354
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
35
E
25
NNW
60
NW
65
WNW
60
WNW
55
WNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
30
WSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
55
SW
65
WSW
55
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
4:35PM7.01m
5:00AM7.18m
5:18PM7.69m
5:40AM7.87m
5:57PM8.34m
Low Tide
10:52PM1.94m
11:08AM1.78m
11:31PM1.31m
11:46AM1.17m
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light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
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mod rain
light rain
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7:52
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6:07
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6:05
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 mm
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1
11
4
6
8
2
4
1
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2
3
14
9
4
Temp °C
14
12
13
13
11
11
8
8
10
10
10
10
11
12
11
12
16
16
13
Feels °C
10
6
8
6
5
6
-5
-6
-3
-2
0
2
5
6
4
3
7
5
3
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