The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
13.6°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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 3AM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (11 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (11 Sep)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Sat morning, light winds from the NW by Sun afternoon).

Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
2
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
4
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
W
10
2
W
6
2.2
W
7
2.2
W
7
2.2
W
8
1.9
W
9
2.2
W
9
2.2
W
10
2
W
10
2
W
11
2.5
WNW
13
3.5
W
13
3.5
WNW
13
3.5
WNW
12
3
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.4
WNW
12
2.2
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
609
292
427
469
597
537
854
961
884
953
2329
3579
4077
3280
2691
1960
1619
1293
1046
808
705
510
407
373
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
25
SW
15
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
30
S
50
WSW
40
W
40
W
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
15
SE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
off
High Tide
9:38AM5.00m
9:38PM5.31m
10:12AM5.01m
10:14PM5.32m
10:45AM4.94m
Low Tide
3:16AM0.87m
3:29PM1.34m
3:55AM0.82m
4:05PM1.28m
4:31AM0.90m
4:40PM1.32m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:35
6:37
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7:46
7:44
7:42
 mm
2
2
Temp °C
14
13
12
13
14
15
13
12
12
11
12
16
14
14
12
12
11
11
10
12
13
13
12
12
Feels °C
8
6
5
6
7
8
8
8
8
5
6
7
6
7
7
8
7
7
7
9
10
11
9
8
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