The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.9° C
0.5° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 8PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (20 Aug)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (20 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
N
7
1.7
N
7
1.8
N
8
2
N
8
2
N
8
1.9
N
8
1.8
N
8
1.7
N
8
1.6
N
8
1.5
N
8
1.4
NNW
8
1.1
N
9
1.3
N
9
1.1
N
9
1.2
N
9
0.8
NNE
9
0.8
NNE
9
0.7
NNE
8
0.7
NNE
8
1
WNW
5
0.6
N
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
340
311
357
465
529
501
460
405
351
317
290
190
269
189
230
103
101
75
72
54
50
Wind (km/h)
30
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
2:44PM3.95m
3:10AM3.88m
3:54PM3.84m
4:38AM3.72m
5:18PM3.86m
Low Tide
8:23AM2.27m
8:51PM2.49m
9:29AM2.54m
10:25PM2.60m
11:03AM2.65m
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clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:47
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:49
8:46
8:44
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
11
11
11
11
13
13
14
14
14
13
Feels °C
6
7
6
6
5
5
5
6
5
5
6
6
7
7
7
9
8
9
9
10
9
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