Watergate Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.45° N 5.05° W

Watergate Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Watergate Bay sea temperature is
16.2°C
2.6° 

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 (25 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 12s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Watergate Bay at 10PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)--
Afternoon (25 Oct)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (25 Oct)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon night, min 12°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Sun night, near gales from the SSW by Mon night).

Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
2 PM
5 PM
8 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
3
2
1
0
0
1
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
WNW
12
3.5
W
12
3
W
12
2.5
W
12
2.4
W
12
2.3
WSW
12
1.6
W
11
3
WSW
11
3
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
11
4
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
12
4
W
12
4
W
12
4
W
12
4
W
12
4
W
12
4
W
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5351
3824
2759
2027
1575
1372
621
1826
2161
2427
2779
3985
5954
5017
4462
4287
4103
4287
4498
Wind (km/h)
40
WNW
30
W
25
WSW
20
SSW
30
S
40
S
45
SSW
45
SW
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:23PM6.57m
4:44AM6.64m
5:02PM6.82m
5:22AM6.85m
5:42PM6.90m
Low Tide
10:42PM0.21m
11:00AM0.17m
11:19PM0.04m
11:38AM0.02m
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Temp °C
12
13
13
12
12
13
16
16
16
16
16
17
16
13
13
13
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13
13
Feels °C
3
6
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5
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