White Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
14.4°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 (15 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 3PM is: 0.2m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (15 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (15 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Tue morning, light winds from the W by Wed morning).

Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
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
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
SE
6
0.1
N
10
0.1
N
10
0.2
N
6
0.2
NNE
6
0.5
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
0.8
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
9
0.9
NNE
9
0.8
NNE
8
0.6
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
0.2
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
3
2
1
2
2
3
4
25
48
66
89
108
106
78
51
35
19
11
10
5
Wind (km/h)
45
WSW
40
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
10
WNW
5
W
25
W
30
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
5:40PM4.14m
5:57AM4.19m
6:14PM3.85m
6:38AM3.82m
6:52PM3.55m
Low Tide
11:20AM0.43m
11:32PM0.60m
11:54AM0.79m
00:08AM0.86m
12:30PM1.17m
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:41
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:29
7:25
7:22
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
16
17
16
14
13
12
11
13
15
16
14
14
14
14
12
13
13
13
13
12
Feels °C
7
8
11
11
10
9
8
7
11
13
10
8
9
7
8
5
6
5
4
5
4
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