Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.3°C
1.1° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 11PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)6ft (1.8m)15s
Evening (01 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Sun morning).

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
W
15
2
W
14
2
W
14
2
W
13
1.9
W
13
2
W
12
2
W
12
1.9
W
12
1.9
W
12
1.8
W
12
2.1
W
11
2.3
W
11
2.2
W
11
1.3
WNW
11
2
W
10
2.1
W
10
2.1
W
10
2.2
W
9
2.4
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1358
1563
1454
1367
1145
1170
1151
1013
997
864
1127
1265
1148
400
802
849
797
770
956
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
20
SE
5
WSW
30
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:23AM4.60m
12:48PM4.44m
1:27AM4.28m
1:53PM4.20m
Low Tide
6:18PM1.62m
6:43AM1.81m
7:12PM1.87m
7:41AM2.19m
8:24PM2.09m
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clear
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light rain
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Temp °C
16
14
13
12
12
12
13
15
14
12
11
11
10
10
10
12
13
12
12
Feels °C
13
11
9
7
7
7
9
10
10
11
5
4
4
4
4
5
6
5
6
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