White Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
13.9° 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 (11 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 5PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (11 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.5
NE
4
0.6
ENE
5
0.7
NE
6
0.7
NE
6
0.7
NE
6
0.8
NE
6
0.8
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.9
NE
7
1
NE
7
1
NE
7
1
NE
7
1
NE
7
1
NE
7
1
NE
7
1
NE
7
1
NE
6
0.9
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
6
6
6
6
6
7
14
34
35
38
49
57
84
86
94
91
91
91
91
89
84
76
62
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:56AM3.87m
00:33AM3.89m
1:04PM4.08m
1:32AM4.13m
2:06PM4.30m
2:26AM4.39m
Low Tide
6:13PM0.96m
6:45AM0.92m
7:18PM0.81m
7:46AM0.57m
8:14PM0.65m
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
4:37
4:39
4:41
4:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:51
9:50
9:49
9:47
 mm
3
Temp °C
15
16
15
15
14
13
13
12
12
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
15
14
13
13
12
11
11
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
9
9
8
9
9
10
11
11
9
9
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