Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.2°C
1.2° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 11AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 07). 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 (07 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (07 Oct)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (07 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the W by Fri morning).

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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)
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
W
11
2
W
11
1.9
W
10
1.9
W
10
1.9
WNW
10
2.2
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
11
2.2
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
12
2
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.5
W
11
1.3
WNW
10
1.1
W
10
0.9
WNW
10
2.2
W
7
2.1
W
7
2.3
W
7
2.5
W
8
2.5
W
9
2.5
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
917
917
800
770
769
1106
1279
1358
1259
1150
949
792
622
525
377
240
157
426
389
512
830
1108
1732
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NW
10
SE
25
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
20
SSW
30
WSW
35
W
45
W
40
W
30
WSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:14AM4.48m
7:12PM4.68m
8:00AM4.70m
7:58PM4.93m
8:39AM4.86m
8:38PM5.10m
Low Tide
1:06PM2.03m
1:33AM1.30m
1:51PM1.76m
2:15AM1.09m
2:30PM1.53m
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light rain
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7:35
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6:29
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6:27
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1
2
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2
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1
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1
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Temp °C
8
8
9
11
11
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
9
8
9
9
11
11
11
11
10
9
Feels °C
3
3
3
5
5
4
3
3
4
4
6
8
7
3
0
3
4
5
3
2
2
3
5
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