Southerndown surf break

Southerndown surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 GMT
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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
8.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Southerndown today?

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 10PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)--
Afternoon (17 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)9913121212121616151414131313121212131212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3463626485894774053415188276534783892821951491218389625748282725
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
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)
5:37PM
8.07
5:53AM
8.62
6:12PM
8.69
6:29AM
9.18
6:48PM
9.16
7:05AM
9.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44PM
0.96
12:05PM
0.55
12:17AM
0.42
12:37PM
0.09
12:51AM
0.04
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:22-------6:20-------6:18-
Sunset-6:21-------6:22-------6:23------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1311999910131513111098811131311987710
Feels °C (?)8866666810866432589755335
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