Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
12.3°C
0.9° 

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 (24 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 10AM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (24 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (24 Oct)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon night, min 6°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SE on Sat morning, stormy winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
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0
4
5
4
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
W
14
2.5
WNW
14
2.3
W
13
2.2
W
13
1.9
W
12
1.6
W
12
1.5
W
12
1.6
W
11
2.4
W
16
3
W
15
5
W
11
9.5
W
14
11
WNW
14
9.5
WNW
14
8.5
WNW
13
7.5
WNW
13
6
WNW
12
5
WNW
12
4
WNW
11
3
WNW
11
1.9
NW
10
2.1
WNW
10
1.3
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2427
2148
1862
1606
1080
723
604
630
2819
3922
5993
35443
44615
37331
26603
17646
10481
6270
3592
2328
716
867
361
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
S
20
SE
45
SE
60
SE
25
SSW
40
SSE
40
S
50
WNW
45
W
90
WNW
85
WNW
90
WNW
80
WNW
70
WNW
60
W
45
W
30
W
20
SSW
25
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:02AM4.71m
8:05PM4.89m
8:35AM4.91m
8:41PM5.06m
9:08AM5.05m
9:18PM5.15m
Low Tide
1:50AM1.42m
2:06PM1.65m
2:26AM1.19m
2:42PM1.42m
3:02AM1.05m
3:19PM1.26m
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cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
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rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
light rain
light rain
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8:15
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5:45
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4:43
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5:39
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 mm
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3
4
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1
2
1
3
4
8
3
1
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5
1
Temp °C
7
6
6
8
8
9
8
8
9
9
9
7
7
8
8
8
9
9
8
10
9
10
11
Feels °C
3
2
0
-3
-5
3
-1
-1
-2
-1
-9
-11
-11
-9
-7
-5
-1
2
3
5
0
1
6
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