Southerndown surf break

Southerndown surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
7.2° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Southerndown today?

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 6PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (11 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)899101010111112121212111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1382473875981055101913441439129411581044889736613613546451386386329291238176130
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
S
35
S
40
SSW
40
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
15
WNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
6.75
12:24AM
6.39
12:54PM
6.32
1:31AM
6.15
2:07PM
6.13
2:45AM
6.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
2.52
6:32AM
2.75
7:07PM
2.84
7:41AM
2.97
8:18PM
2.95
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise8:15-------8:15-------8:14-------
Sunset--4:28-------4:29-------4:30-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11122------1----51073----
Temp. °C89111211101010101110109998910966666
Feels °C (?)-114432234645467578600001
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