White Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 02 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's White Sands sea temperature is
15.3°C
1.2° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 10PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)--
Afternoon (02 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (02 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed night, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Fri morning).

Wed
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
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
Swell
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
13
0.2
N
12
0.2
N
12
0.2
NNE
12
0.2
N
11
0.2
N
11
0.2
N
11
0.2
N
10
0.2
N
10
0.2
N
10
0.2
N
10
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
8
0.1
N
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
12
11
13
10
9
9
8
8
8
7
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
45
W
40
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:22PM4.01m
6:39AM4.11m
7:09PM3.77m
7:38AM3.81m
8:12PM3.52m
Low Tide
00:19AM0.75m
12:48PM0.80m
1:07AM0.99m
1:41PM1.15m
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:02
8:00
7:58
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
15
15
16
16
17
15
15
17
17
17
15
15
14
13
14
16
17
15
14
Feels °C
14
14
14
15
11
9
8
11
12
13
11
10
9
6
6
7
9
7
6
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