Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
12.9°C
1.1° 

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 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 11PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)--
Afternoon (11 Oct)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (11 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon night, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.1
W
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.6
W
9
0.3
W
13
0.3
W
12
0.4
W
12
0.3
WNW
11
2.3
W
11
3
W
12
3
W
11
2.5
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
616
463
370
271
235
157
117
88
60
29
26
44
25
1347
2943
1896
1360
1919
1430
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
E
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
45
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WNW
30
WSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:49PM5.13m
10:13AM4.92m
10:22PM5.00m
10:41AM4.83m
Low Tide
3:41PM1.32m
4:02AM1.10m
4:15PM1.34m
4:34AM1.29m
4:50PM1.44m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
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Temp °C
11
11
9
9
9
9
10
12
13
12
14
14
13
13
12
13
12
10
10
Feels °C
9
9
5
4
3
3
4
8
10
7
9
8
4
6
6
6
5
2
3
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