The Bowl Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.62° N 3.65° W

The Bowl 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bowl sea temperature is
12.6° C
0.3° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bowl at 2AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
W
11
1.3
W
10
1.3
W
10
1.4
W
10
1.4
W
10
1.3
W
10
1.2
W
10
1.2
W
9
1.1
W
9
1
W
9
1
W
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
8
0.8
WNW
8
0.7
WNW
8
0.7
W
8
0.6
W
8
0.6
W
8
0.6
W
7
0.5
WNW
7
0.5
W
7
0.5
W
7
0.6
WNW
8
0.6
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
319
346
339
400
384
326
267
246
203
165
162
129
94
90
68
63
43
41
40
31
27
27
50
49
Wind (km/h)
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
glassy
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
5:39PM4.30m
5:57AM4.37m
6:43PM4.48m
7:09AM4.50m
7:42PM4.70m
8:15AM4.66m
Low Tide
00:02AM2.14m
12:33PM1.81m
1:08AM1.85m
1:33PM1.67m
2:06AM1.53m
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
4:22
4:24
4:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
10:16
10:15
10:14
10:13
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
12
12
11
10
10
11
13
13
13
11
11
11
11
12
14
14
13
12
11
11
11
13
16
Feels °C
10
10
11
9
9
9
10
11
10
10
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
9
9
8
8
8
10
12
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