The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.7°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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 1PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)11ft (3.5m)8s
Afternoon (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun night, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sat night, strong winds from the SW by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
0
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
12
3.5
WNW
8
3.5
WNW
9
3
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.3
WNW
10
2
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.6
WNW
9
1.1
W
9
0.9
W
9
0.8
W
8
0.7
W
8
0.7
W
8
0.8
W
8
0.4
NNE
8
1.9
W
7
1.7
W
6
1.5
W
8
1.5
W
12
1.9
W
13
3
W
15
3.5
W
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2722
1415
1578
1575
1243
940
659
499
380
189
117
88
66
66
88
24
326
232
286
614
1163
4535
5273
Wind (km/h)
40
W
45
W
40
WNW
40
W
30
W
20
W
15
SW
15
S
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:47AM4.12m
3:31PM4.04m
4:29AM4.01m
5:06PM4.09m
6:11AM4.14m
6:28PM4.33m
Low Tide
9:12AM2.31m
10:04PM2.29m
10:53AM2.41m
11:44PM2.10m
12:19PM2.25m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:22
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:05
8:01
7:59
 mm
1
1
3
4
2
2
1
2
Temp °C
12
11
12
13
13
13
12
12
12
11
12
14
16
16
17
14
13
12
14
11
14
13
12
Feels °C
4
2
4
5
6
9
9
9
9
7
8
10
12
12
12
7
6
6
8
7
6
5
5
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