Watergate Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.45° N 5.05° W

Watergate Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Watergate Bay sea temperature is
17.7°C
2.4° 

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 (26 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Watergate Bay at 10PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)--
Afternoon (26 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (26 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the SE by Tue morning).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.5
W
11
1.5
W
11
1.3
W
11
1.2
W
10
1.1
W
10
1.1
W
10
1.2
W
10
1.7
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.5
W
11
1.5
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.3
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
652
640
543
533
388
314
260
255
296
672
705
631
645
614
596
573
492
483
403
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
S
30
WSW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
5:56PM6.60m
6:14AM6.57m
6:30PM6.84m
6:48AM6.77m
7:05PM6.92m
Low Tide
00:15AM0.21m
12:28PM0.18m
00:48AM0.04m
1:02PM0.06m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
17
16
14
15
16
16
17
18
16
15
15
15
15
14
14
15
16
15
14
Feels °C
15
14
12
12
10
10
11
14
11
11
11
13
14
13
13
13
14
12
12
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