Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
12.5°C
0.6° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 11PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 67mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Sat afternoon, min 7°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu night, severe gales from the W by Sun morning).

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NNE
6
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.2
N
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.8
E
4
1.3
E
5
1.9
ENE
6
2.3
E
7
1.8
ENE
7
2.4
N
7
1.8
NNE
7
1.6
NNE
7
1.4
NNE
7
1.1
NE
7
0.8
NNE
7
1.5
SE
5
2.1
SE
7
1
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
19
26
6
16
19
87
255
569
319
537
352
279
196
121
56
92
393
126
Wind (km/h)
30
W
20
SW
10
S
10
SE
20
ESE
35
E
35
ENE
40
NNE
55
NNW
50
NW
40
NW
35
NW
25
W
20
WSW
15
SSW
40
S
55
SSE
40
SW
55
SW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
00:35AM3.86m
1:13PM3.92m
1:15AM4.14m
1:48PM4.20m
Low Tide
6:31PM1.39m
6:55AM0.77m
7:11PM1.07m
7:31AM0.47m
7:47PM0.76m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
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7:56
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7:58
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5:52
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5:51
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5:47
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 mm
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2
12
19
14
6
1
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3
4
2
Temp °C
11
9
8
8
9
10
10
10
9
7
7
7
7
7
8
10
10
12
8
Feels °C
4
4
5
5
4
3
2
2
-2
-4
-2
-1
0
2
4
1
-1
4
-5
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