The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.9° 

The Bowl 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 Bowl today (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 7AM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (02 Sep)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (02 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Wed morning, near gales from the W by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
8
2.3
NW
9
2.3
NNW
10
2.4
NNW
11
2.4
NNW
11
2.3
NNW
11
2
N
11
1.7
N
10
1.5
N
10
1.4
N
10
2
W
6
1.6
W
6
1
N
9
0.9
N
9
0.8
N
9
0.6
W
11
1.6
W
10
1.8
W
11
2.4
W
13
3
W
12
4.5
W
12
4.5
W
10
4.5
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
344
310
777
998
1273
1292
1164
917
596
440
369
301
194
157
125
94
89
545
727
1850
2610
4963
3830
3970
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
SE
15
S
35
WSW
35
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
50
WSW
50
W
55
W
55
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
11:55PM4.92m
12:25PM4.57m
00:38AM4.69m
1:11PM4.38m
1:32AM4.40m
2:10PM4.17m
Low Tide
6:21AM1.42m
6:34PM1.76m
7:04AM1.70m
7:23PM1.99m
7:57AM2.02m
8:29PM2.21m
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light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:16
6:18
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8:13
8:09
8:07
 mm
3
6
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
11
11
11
11
12
11
11
13
13
14
14
16
17
15
14
12
12
13
13
14
14
13
13
Feels °C
4
5
5
6
8
9
5
5
9
11
8
8
10
12
10
8
6
6
6
6
5
4
2
3
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