Southerndown surf break

Southerndown surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Southerndown today?

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 5PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
WSW
1.8
SW
3
WSW
2.5
W
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212111111109991010101099999967867
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92076368659548033233333335530526922622616115812712711870195835811172175
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
WSW
10
W
5
SW
10
SE
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
30
SW
40
W
35
W
20
W
15
SW
10
WSW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrossoncross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
7.24
5:34AM
7.31
5:54PM
7.84
6:17AM
7.86
6:34PM
8.35
6:54AM
8.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
2.32
11:33PM
1.86
11:50AM
1.74
12:16AM
1.32
12:29PM
1.24
12:50AM
0.90
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset---7:22-------7:21-------7:17----
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
1----------------21---1-
Temp. °C181919181717161617202018161516161617141412121312
Feels °C (?)14161615151616151618191716141616151378791111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - South East

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Southerndown (light winds from the SSE at St Athan 13 km from Southerndown). 1.4m 11s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.5m 11s groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
SSE
Clean
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