White Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
15.0° C
0.5° 

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 (03 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 11PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)--
Afternoon (03 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (03 Aug)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Wed afternoon).

Mon
3
Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
N
10
0.5
E
3
0.6
ESE
4
0.7
ESE
4
0.7
E
5
0.9
E
6
1.1
E
6
1.3
E
6
1.1
E
6
1.1
E
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
E
6
0.5
NE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
5
11
19
24
49
86
135
100
104
104
79
50
36
16
12
23
19
19
Wind (km/h)
20
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
35
WSW
25
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:17PM3.99m
6:20AM4.25m
6:56PM3.87m
7:03AM4.07m
7:42PM3.72m
Low Tide
00:05AM0.83m
12:34PM0.52m
00:45AM0.96m
1:16PM0.73m
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:18
5:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:14
9:12
9:09
 mm
2
7
4
2
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
16
16
15
14
14
14
15
16
18
19
17
15
16
15
16
15
15
16
16
Feels °C
13
12
11
10
10
10
11
14
18
20
17
14
15
11
11
8
7
10
13
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our White Sands surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest