Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 4.02° W

The Boiler 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Boiler sea temperature is
16.3°C
2.3° 

The Boiler surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Boiler today (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Boiler at 7PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (20 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 42mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu night, min 8°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, near gales from the WNW by Wed morning).

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.5
W
10
1
SW
5
2
WSW
7
3.5
WSW
10
4
W
11
4
W
10
3.5
W
10
3
W
9
2.5
WSW
9
2.1
WSW
8
2
WSW
9
2
W
10
1.9
W
10
1.8
WSW
10
1.6
WSW
10
1.4
WSW
9
1.3
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
31
31
31
51
54
384
2864
3984
3599
2624
1672
951
588
645
761
701
600
472
322
292
Wind (km/h)
10
E
5
NNE
5
SE
10
SSW
25
SSE
25
S
10
SSW
50
W
55
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
40
W
30
WSW
35
W
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
SW
25
SSE
35
SSE
45
SE
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
2:21PM6.88m
3:00AM6.87m
3:35PM7.41m
4:06AM7.50m
4:30PM8.06m
Low Tide
7:54AM4.17m
8:44PM3.76m
9:21AM3.69m
9:51PM3.16m
10:18AM3.03m
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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7:47
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7:48
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7:50
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6:13
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6:10
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6:08
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 mm
1
1
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2
7
2
2
2
1
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1
2
1
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3
4
Temp °C
10
10
11
12
12
12
12
10
8
9
12
12
12
12
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
8
9
10
9
7
7
10
0
-4
-3
1
3
6
5
5
5
7
9
7
7
5
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