The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.6°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 (16 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 9PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the W by Thu night).

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
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0
0
4
4
4
4
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
W
11
1.2
W
10
1
W
10
1.3
W
9
2.1
W
9
2.3
W
10
2.5
W
10
3
W
10
4.5
W
13
6
W
14
6
W
15
6
W
14
6
WNW
14
5
WNW
14
4.5
WNW
13
4
WNW
13
3.5
WNW
12
3
WNW
12
2.5
W
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
329
294
192
274
702
943
1184
2080
6934
14897
15173
15934
14007
10361
6809
5289
3359
2513
1882
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSE
30
SSW
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
40
SW
45
WSW
50
WSW
45
W
50
W
50
W
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
20
SW
20
SSE
40
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
00:35AM4.38m
12:56PM4.22m
1:21AM4.04m
1:43PM4.00m
Low Tide
6:27PM1.89m
6:47AM2.04m
7:09PM2.16m
7:27AM2.38m
8:04PM2.43m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:32
7:30
7:27
 mm
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
12
13
11
11
11
12
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
14
14
13
14
Feels °C
10
9
6
7
4
4
3
5
2
2
2
1
1
5
4
7
10
9
7
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