The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.8° 

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 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 9PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)--
Afternoon (09 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (09 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the W by Sat morning).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
W
9
0.9
WNW
8
0.9
W
8
0.8
W
8
0.8
W
8
0.8
W
8
0.7
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.9
W
8
0.8
W
9
1.6
WSW
11
1.9
W
10
2.1
W
6
2.2
W
7
2.4
W
8
2.5
W
9
2.4
W
9
2.5
W
10
2.5
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
162
120
108
82
78
72
54
70
92
97
551
800
366
452
640
912
984
1439
1755
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
5
NW
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
20
SW
10
SSE
Wind State
cross
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
8:17PM4.95m
9:00AM4.89m
9:00PM5.19m
9:38AM5.00m
9:38PM5.31m
Low Tide
2:08PM1.71m
2:35AM1.05m
2:50PM1.49m
3:16AM0.87m
3:29PM1.34m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:50
7:46
 mm
Temp °C
12
12
11
11
10
11
12
13
15
15
14
14
12
11
12
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
8
11
7
7
6
6
7
8
11
11
9
9
5
4
4
7
7
9
9
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