Watergate Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.45° N 5.05° W

Watergate Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Watergate Bay sea temperature is
18.1° C
2.2° 

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 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Watergate Bay at 1PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (12 Jul)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Sun night, calm by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
N
6
0.7
N
6
0.7
N
5
0.7
NNE
5
0.6
NNE
5
0.7
N
5
0.6
N
5
0.9
NNE
5
0.9
NNE
6
1
NNE
6
0.9
NNE
6
0.8
NNE
6
0.7
NNE
6
0.7
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.9
N
6
1
N
6
0.9
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.2
WSW
18
0.3
W
11
0.3
W
10
0.4
W
10
0.4
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
31
28
27
20
25
19
44
55
70
58
42
36
31
41
56
75
61
45
31
21
19
31
31
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
ESE
15
E
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSE
5
ENE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
off
High Tide
3:40AM5.65m
4:11PM5.86m
4:42AM5.96m
5:09PM6.25m
5:38AM6.26m
6:02PM6.60m
Low Tide
10:06AM1.12m
10:39PM0.91m
11:07AM0.80m
11:38PM0.54m
12:01PM0.49m
00:31AM0.24m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:20
5:22
5:22
5:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:29
9:28
9:27
9:25
 mm
1
Temp °C
21
19
23
28
30
29
27
23
19
19
22
26
26
25
25
22
19
18
23
26
24
25
23
23
Feels °C
20
16
19
25
27
25
23
16
13
13
17
22
23
23
25
20
17
15
20
23
22
26
23
22
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Watergate Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest