Watamu Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 3.35° S 40.03° E

Watamu Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Watamu Bay sea temperature is
27.1°C
0.4° 

Watamu Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Watamu Bay today (24 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Watamu Bay at 1AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (24 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (24 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s

Table - waves today at Watamu Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat morning, min 24°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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)
1.3
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.2
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
1.3
ESE
9
1.4
ESE
10
1.4
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1.4
SE
10
1.2
SE
9
1.3
ESE
9
1.3
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
290
284
226
221
270
386
371
320
327
247
295
307
282
300
328
430
497
475
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:42AM2.97m
2:58PM2.81m
3:11AM3.24m
3:32PM2.93m
Low Tide
8:27PM0.54m
8:55AM0.41m
8:56PM0.36m
9:28AM0.15m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
26
25
25
25
25
26
28
28
26
26
26
25
25
27
28
28
26
25
Feels °C
27
27
27
26
27
26
28
28
27
28
28
27
27
27
27
26
25
24
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