The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.3° C
0.1° 

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 (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 1PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (11 Aug)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (11 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
N
8
1.2
N
8
1
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.4
W
11
0.6
W
11
0.7
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.5
W
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
12
0.5
W
11
0.7
W
11
0.7
W
11
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
241
196
132
104
78
55
54
39
26
25
41
85
106
74
50
32
33
46
64
116
110
102
100
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SW
5
NW
10
NNE
5
ESE
5
S
5
NNW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
N
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
High Tide
8:20AM4.63m
8:30PM4.91m
9:12AM4.84m
9:16PM5.15m
9:57AM4.97m
9:59PM5.31m
Low Tide
1:59AM1.47m
2:19PM1.67m
2:49AM1.13m
3:05PM1.49m
3:34AM0.89m
3:48PM1.37m
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5:24
5:26
5:28
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9:13
9:09
9:07
 mm
1
2
4
5
6
Temp °C
10
10
11
12
16
16
15
15
16
18
21
23
23
19
19
20
16
16
20
19
17
16
16
Feels °C
7
6
7
9
13
13
12
13
14
16
19
22
23
18
19
21
16
16
21
20
18
16
16
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