Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Southerndown today (18 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with W swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 2AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 6s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Southerndown. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 251 | 238 | 198 | 176 | 205 | 167 | 125 | 141 | 178 | 298 | 353 | 400 | 387 | 363 | 456 | 422 | 344 | 246 | 204 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 10:59PM7.03m | 11:18AM6.78m | 11:43PM6.35m | 12:10PM6.16m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:39PM1.92m | 4:56AM2.31m | 5:21PM2.57m | 5:44AM2.93m | 6:24PM3.16m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  | | | | |  | | | |  |  | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:21 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 9 | W 7 | W 7 | — | — | — | — | W 12 | — | — | W 15 | — | — | — | — | W 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 85 | 205 | 167 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 191 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | — | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 |
| kJ | 251 | 238 | 198 | 176 | 156 | — | 125 | 141 | 178 | 298 | 353 | 400 | 387 | 363 | 456 | 422 | 344 | 246 | 204 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 353 | 353 | 39 | 39 | 147 | 306 | 306 | 359 | 359 | 359 | 306 | 306 | 306 | 292 | 306 | 308 | 308 | 140 | 293 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Wales - South East | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Southerndown surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest