Southerndown surf break

Southerndown surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 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
10.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Southerndown today?

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 11PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Dec)--
Afternoon (16 Dec)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (16 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1414141414141389101111112120201919181817101616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54245244643343935729936576011811403115567316463432289328053195351036634090111329432968
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
25
W
20
WSW
10
S
20
SE
30
S
30
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
6.90
4:23AM
7.08
4:44PM
7.18
5:04AM
7.40
5:24PM
7.46
5:43AM
7.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
2.18
10:29AM
2.09
10:48PM
1.94
11:10AM
1.81
11:28PM
1.70
11:50AM
1.57
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise------8:14-------8:15-------8:15-
Sunset4:05-------4:06-------4:06-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-------24454--21381--111-
Temp. °C9877778910111111111091110109999910
Feels °C (?)654431222227775541100122
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