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Westende surfForecast / North Sea / Belgium

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 CEST
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Westende surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Westende sea temperature is
11.3° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Westende today?

The current surf forecast for Westende at 4PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.6
N
0.9
N
0.9
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.1
NE
0.7
N
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
1
NNE
1.1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)444445456666566766655555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1313996183146696555577310900060463544554641
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
5.33
4:27PM
5.15
4:47AM
5.22
5:11PM
4.91
5:33AM
4.98
5:56PM
4.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
0.10
10:45PM
0.34
11:12AM
0.34
11:27PM
0.54
12:01PM
0.69
12:17AM
0.81
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:39------
Sunset-----8:52-------8:52-------8:54--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C888999988781111121198891212111210
Feels °C (?)333444322-114343111254364
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