White Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
14.9° C
0.4° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 6PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (04 Aug)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (04 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue night, near gales from the WSW by Wed afternoon).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ESE
6
1.3
E
6
1.2
E
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
7
0.9
E
6
0.8
E
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
1.2
NNE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
126
130
124
107
85
66
49
37
25
15
20
20
10
11
10
54
159
206
181
181
153
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
20
SE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
25
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
35
WSW
50
WSW
50
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
25
W
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:56PM3.87m
7:03AM4.07m
7:42PM3.72m
7:57AM3.85m
8:40PM3.57m
Low Tide
12:34PM0.52m
00:45AM0.96m
1:16PM0.73m
1:31AM1.13m
2:07PM0.98m
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:18
5:20
5:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:12
9:09
9:07
 mm
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
17
20
20
17
16
16
15
16
18
18
15
14
14
13
14
13
15
16
17
14
Feels °C
12
15
19
19
17
15
15
11
10
13
12
5
4
8
7
9
7
10
12
11
9
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