The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.9° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 5PM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 01). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (01 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (01 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NE by Wed afternoon).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
2
2
3
3
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
W
6
0.3
N
8
1.9
W
6
2.4
W
7
2.2
WNW
8
2
WNW
7
2.1
WNW
8
2.4
NW
9
2.4
NNW
10
2.5
NNW
11
2.5
NNW
11
2.2
N
11
2
N
11
1.7
N
10
1.5
N
10
1.3
N
10
1.2
N
9
1.1
N
9
1
N
9
0.9
N
9
1.1
W
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
12
281
553
514
405
491
898
1042
1437
1400
1144
901
584
431
313
241
194
157
122
107
Wind (km/h)
35
S
30
W
35
W
40
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
NE
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
SE
15
SSW
35
WSW
35
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:47AM4.72m
11:55PM4.92m
12:25PM4.57m
00:38AM4.69m
1:11PM4.38m
Low Tide
5:54PM1.57m
6:21AM1.42m
6:34PM1.76m
7:04AM1.70m
7:23PM1.99m
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:13
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:15
8:13
8:09
 mm
1
6
2
Temp °C
15
13
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
11
12
10
12
12
13
14
14
16
17
16
14
Feels °C
8
7
6
5
4
4
3
4
4
7
9
4
6
9
10
8
8
11
13
12
10
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