West Dale Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.70° N 5.19° W

West Dale 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Dale sea temperature is
17.3° C
0.9° 

West Dale surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at West Dale today (19 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Dale at 3PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (19 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (19 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

Table - waves today at West Dale. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed night, min 13°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
WSW
5
0.9
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
5
1.6
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
7
1.5
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
7
1.1
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.2
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
43
69
188
262
232
269
261
198
128
140
137
113
82
59
39
38
22
22
23
17
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
30
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:16AM4.83m
11:39PM4.65m
12:01PM4.42m
00:30AM4.19m
1:01PM4.06m
Low Tide
5:32PM1.34m
5:54AM1.59m
6:18PM1.76m
6:46AM1.99m
7:26PM2.11m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:36
8:34
8:31
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
17
17
17
18
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
13
13
13
14
14
15
Feels °C
13
12
12
12
14
11
9
9
9
10
9
9
10
9
8
7
8
8
9
9
9
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