Southerndown Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.45° N 3.61° W

Southerndown 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southerndown sea temperature is
18.2°C
3.4° 

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 (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 6PM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (05 Oct)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (05 Oct)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Wed afternoon).

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
WSW
7
0.5
W
5
0.6
W
5
0.6
W
5
0.6
W
5
0.6
W
6
0.5
W
5
0.5
W
5
0.4
WSW
5
0.3
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.4
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.4
NW
5
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
W
7
0.1
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
12
18
19
21
22
15
14
9
11
10
10
16
9
9
9
9
7
6
4
1
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
N
15
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
2:27PM6.63m
3:18AM6.55m
3:53PM7.04m
4:30AM7.10m
4:55PM7.67m
Low Tide
8:01AM2.81m
9:04PM2.53m
9:41AM2.51m
10:24PM2.02m
10:48AM1.92m
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Temp °C
16
16
17
16
16
16
16
17
17
18
18
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17
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14
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12
14
12
11
Feels °C
13
13
15
15
16
16
16
17
17
18
17
16
17
15
15
13
13
9
7
5
6
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