The Spur Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.61° N 3.45° W

The Spur 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Spur sea temperature is
13.7° C
0.4° 

The Spur 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 Spur today (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Spur at 9AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Aug)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (20 Aug)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
N
7
1.6
N
7
1.6
N
7
1.5
N
7
1.7
N
6
1.9
N
7
1.8
N
7
1.6
N
8
1.5
N
8
1.6
NNW
6
1.5
NNW
6
1.4
NNW
6
1.4
NNW
5
1.4
NNW
5
1.3
NNW
5
1.2
NNW
5
0.9
N
9
0.7
N
9
1
WNW
5
0.6
N
8
0.5
N
8
1.1
WNW
5
1.1
WNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
205
225
233
211
228
326
320
308
286
188
160
126
117
113
93
75
126
76
49
45
32
59
64
Wind (km/h)
30
N
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:06AM4.17m
2:44PM3.95m
3:10AM3.88m
3:54PM3.84m
4:38AM3.72m
5:18PM3.86m
Low Tide
8:23AM2.27m
8:51PM2.49m
9:29AM2.54m
10:25PM2.60m
11:03AM2.65m
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clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:46
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:47
8:45
8:43
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
12
11
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
11
12
13
13
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
6
5
6
6
6
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
8
9
9
10
11
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