Watergate Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.45° N 5.05° W

Watergate Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Watergate Bay sea temperature is
16.9° C
1.4° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Watergate Bay at 4PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 18°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
WNW
10
0.8
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
9
0.8
W
9
0.8
W
9
0.9
W
9
0.9
W
9
0.9
W
9
0.9
W
9
0.8
W
9
0.8
W
8
0.7
W
8
0.6
W
9
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.6
W
9
0.8
N
6
0.9
N
6
1.1
N
6
1.1
N
6
1
N
6
0.8
NNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
120
115
113
110
110
110
136
130
127
127
95
91
68
52
90
90
67
60
43
52
88
91
76
48
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
E
10
E
15
NNE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
10
N
10
NNE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:46PM5.21m
1:18AM5.33m
1:57PM5.28m
2:31AM5.42m
3:07PM5.51m
3:40AM5.65m
Low Tide
7:05PM1.60m
7:45AM1.50m
8:19PM1.51m
8:57AM1.38m
9:33PM1.26m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:18
5:18
5:20
5:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:30
9:30
9:29
9:29
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
18
19
19
19
19
20
22
22
25
26
26
25
24
27
24
23
26
29
28
26
26
24
21
18
Feels °C
18
17
18
18
17
18
19
20
23
24
24
24
23
26
23
20
22
26
27
24
25
22
18
14
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