Southerndown Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.45° N 3.61° W

Southerndown 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southerndown sea temperature is
20.5°C
4.2° 

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 (25 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Southerndown at 12AM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 24). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Afternoon (25 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (25 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 26°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Tue morning, calm by Thu morning).

Mon
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SW
14
0.1
SW
14
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
10
0.4
SE
3
0.4
SE
3
0.2
W
10
0.2
W
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.3
WSW
8
0.3
WSW
8
0.3
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
7
7
7
7
7
3
3
3
3
3
8
7
8
8
14
13
13
6
Wind (km/h)
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
30
E
20
E
10
S
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
E
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:06PM6.47m
5:32AM6.62m
5:53PM7.08m
6:13AM7.20m
6:31PM7.70m
Low Tide
11:23PM2.60m
11:43AM2.36m
00:08AM2.02m
12:22PM1.78m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:19
8:16
8:15
 mm
1
Temp °C
23
23
19
15
14
15
17
22
26
20
17
17
16
16
18
20
25
23
19
Feels °C
17
17
13
9
9
9
11
17
22
19
16
16
15
16
18
20
23
21
18
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