The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
12.1° C
0.2° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 5PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
W
9
1.2
W
9
1.3
W
9
1.4
W
9
1.3
W
9
1.1
W
9
1
W
9
0.9
W
9
0.8
W
9
1.1
W
11
1.2
W
11
1.3
W
10
1.3
W
10
1.4
W
10
1.4
W
10
1.3
W
10
1.2
W
10
1.2
W
9
1.1
W
9
1
W
9
1
W
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
8
0.8
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
192
230
264
291
251
184
152
123
97
289
319
346
339
408
392
326
267
246
203
165
162
129
92
90
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
0
ENE
10
NNE
5
ENE
0
SSE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
E
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
Wind State
off
glassy
on
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
4:32PM4.19m
4:44AM4.32m
5:39PM4.30m
5:57AM4.37m
6:43PM4.48m
Low Tide
10:13AM1.93m
10:45PM2.31m
11:26AM1.91m
00:02AM2.14m
12:33PM1.81m
1:08AM1.85m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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4:18
4:20
4:22
4:24
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10:17
10:16
10:15
10:14
 mm
Temp °C
18
21
17
18
18
15
14
13
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
13
13
13
12
11
11
11
Feels °C
17
22
16
18
19
15
14
12
9
8
8
9
10
10
10
10
10
11
10
10
10
9
9
9
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