The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 13 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.3° C
0.2° 

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 (13 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 11PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Aug)--
Afternoon (13 Aug)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (13 Aug)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Sat morning).

Thu
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
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)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
W
11
0.6
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.9
W
10
1.1
W
5
1.1
W
5
1
W
5
1.1
W
5
1.1
W
5
1.2
W
5
1.5
W
6
1.6
W
6
1.5
W
8
1.4
W
8
1.3
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
110
77
75
73
94
94
92
146
52
55
46
55
62
80
134
175
295
264
235
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
0
SSE
5
SE
5
SSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:59PM5.31m
10:39AM4.99m
10:40PM5.35m
11:18AM4.92m
Low Tide
3:48PM1.37m
4:17AM0.79m
4:28PM1.34m
4:58AM0.82m
5:07PM1.40m
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:31
5:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:07
9:05
9:02
 mm
3
2
1
Temp °C
18
18
18
17
15
15
15
17
16
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
13
13
Feels °C
20
20
20
17
14
14
13
13
11
10
10
9
8
8
7
8
9
9
9
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