Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.2°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 (02 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 9PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)--
Afternoon (02 Oct)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (02 Oct)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSE on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Sun night).

Fri
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
2
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
W
12
1.8
W
12
1.9
W
11
2.5
W
11
1.5
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.2
W
10
2.1
W
10
2
W
10
2
W
9
2.1
W
9
2.3
W
9
2.5
W
10
3
W
11
3
W
11
3.5
W
12
3.5
W
12
3.5
W
13
3.5
W
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
997
864
906
1751
545
441
296
849
738
651
700
842
1247
1729
2106
2934
3741
4549
4619
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
25
S
40
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
45
WSW
45
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:27AM4.28m
1:53PM4.20m
2:58AM4.03m
3:22PM4.06m
Low Tide
7:12PM1.87m
7:41AM2.19m
8:24PM2.09m
9:03AM2.49m
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light rain
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light rain
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6:46
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Temp °C
16
15
11
10
10
10
10
13
13
12
11
12
12
14
15
16
15
15
15
Feels °C
12
10
3
3
5
4
4
6
6
7
6
6
6
8
8
9
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7
7
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