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 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) sea temperature is
16.0° C
0.5° 

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 (31 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 4s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) at 12AM is: 0.2m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)--
Afternoon (31 Jul)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (31 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

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

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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)
0.3
SW
5
0.2
WSW
4
0.1
SW
4
0.2
WSW
4
0.3
SW
5
0.6
NW
4
0.5
WNW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.5
SW
3
0.9
SW
4
0.9
SW
5
0.7
SW
5
0.6
SW
5
0.5
SW
5
0.4
SW
5
0.4
SW
5
0.4
SW
5
0.3
NW
4
0.1
SW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
2
1
2
5
8
8
5
4
29
33
24
16
13
9
6
5
3
3
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
W
20
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
20
W
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:56PM3.95m
10:12AM3.60m
10:28PM4.05m
10:45AM3.65m
Low Tide
4:26PM0.49m
4:56AM0.36m
5:00PM0.43m
5:30AM0.33m
5:33PM0.45m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:33
5:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:15
9:14
9:13
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
16
16
14
13
13
14
15
17
18
15
14
13
13
13
14
15
15
Feels °C
14
13
15
14
9
9
10
11
10
11
14
11
10
10
11
11
12
13
12
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