Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) Surf Break

Lat Long: 52.84° N 4.73° W

Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) sea temperature is
16.0° C
0.3° 

Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) today (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) at 1AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (05 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (05 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

Table - waves today at Whistling Sands (Porth Oer). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Wed night, calm by Thu night).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SW
7
1.2
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1
SW
7
0.8
SW
7
1.2
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.4
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
7
0.8
SW
7
0.8
SW
6
1.2
W
5
1.3
WNW
6
1.1
NW
6
1.1
NW
6
0.9
WNW
5
0.5
SW
6
0.6
SW
6
0.7
SW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
96
0
0
86
61
66
80
109
131
61
56
70
107
80
72
50
16
20
15
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:55AM3.78m
1:21PM3.39m
1:44AM3.54m
2:16PM3.21m
Low Tide
7:17PM0.80m
7:54AM0.76m
8:01PM0.97m
8:43AM0.96m
9:00PM1.14m
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:41
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:07
9:06
9:04
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
18
17
18
17
15
14
14
16
16
16
16
14
13
13
13
13
14
15
17
Feels °C
15
13
15
14
11
8
8
10
10
10
10
7
7
7
8
9
11
11
14
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