Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
13.3°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at White Sands today (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 7PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon night, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the W by Tue morning).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
NNE
10
0.5
NNE
10
0.5
NNE
10
0.5
NNE
10
0.5
NNE
10
0.5
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.8
SE
5
1.1
SE
6
1.2
SE
6
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.7
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.4
ESE
7
0.4
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
57
55
54
52
51
47
45
45
45
34
77
113
78
57
59
50
44
33
31
17
10
Wind (km/h)
10
W
5
NW
10
ESE
15
SE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
35
SSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
3:27PM4.55m
3:39AM4.69m
3:59PM4.48m
4:15AM4.55m
4:31PM4.33m
Low Tide
9:11AM0.06m
9:23PM0.32m
9:43AM0.18m
9:56PM0.31m
10:16AM0.38m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:31
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7:33
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7:35
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6:20
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6:17
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6:15
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4
2
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Temp °C
10
12
12
12
10
9
9
9
11
12
14
14
15
16
16
13
13
14
14
12
11
Feels °C
7
10
9
8
6
5
5
5
7
9
11
11
12
13
11
9
7
7
6
5
5
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