Watergate Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.45° N 5.05° W

Watergate Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 12 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Watergate Bay sea temperature is
14.5°C
1.9° 

Watergate 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 Watergate Bay today (12 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Watergate Bay at 7PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (12 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (12 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat night, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Fri afternoon, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
1.4
N
6
1.3
N
6
1.2
N
6
1
N
6
0.9
N
6
0.5
SW
9
0.4
SW
9
0.4
SW
9
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.4
SW
12
0.5
SW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.5
SW
11
0.6
WSW
12
0.6
WSW
12
0.6
WSW
12
0.6
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
11
1.3
SW
11
2.1
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
208
151
148
135
120
78
61
41
29
28
27
26
49
61
76
76
57
96
94
93
87
81
422
381
Wind (km/h)
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
30
S
35
SSW
30
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
6:27AM6.12m
6:45PM5.84m
7:02AM5.89m
7:21PM5.55m
7:39AM5.60m
8:00PM5.23m
Low Tide
12:43PM0.86m
00:55AM1.04m
1:18PM1.11m
1:31AM1.31m
1:57PM1.41m
2:10AM1.60m
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light rain
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7:28
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7:31
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7:33
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4:38
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4:37
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4:36
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4:35
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1
1
5
Temp °C
8
9
9
7
6
6
5
5
5
7
8
7
7
7
8
10
9
10
10
9
8
11
12
12
Feels °C
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
4
5
3
3
2
3
5
4
4
3
2
3
5
5
6
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