Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.3°C
1.0° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 6AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 27). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the SE by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
0
1
0
1
2
2
3
2
3
4
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WNW
11
1.9
W
10
1.7
W
10
1.6
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.4
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.9
W
11
2
W
11
1.3
W
11
2.1
W
11
2.2
W
11
2.1
W
12
2.1
W
11
2
W
11
2
W
11
1.8
W
11
1.6
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.3
W
11
1.1
W
10
1
W
10
0.8
W
10
0.6
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
831
789
609
524
459
432
564
850
966
403
1075
1200
1166
1049
941
907
723
541
486
381
244
194
121
76
Wind (km/h)
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
30
S
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:40AM4.98m
9:45PM5.19m
10:11AM5.02m
10:19PM5.20m
10:44AM4.99m
Low Tide
3:32AM1.05m
3:44PM1.29m
4:06AM0.99m
4:18PM1.25m
4:40AM1.03m
4:55PM1.29m
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light rain
light rain
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
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7:13
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6:58
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1
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Temp °C
13
13
14
15
14
13
10
11
10
9
10
12
13
15
13
12
12
11
10
12
13
13
11
12
Feels °C
7
8
8
8
7
7
4
4
4
3
5
6
8
11
10
8
8
7
4
5
6
6
3
4
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