Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
14.2°C
1.0° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 22s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 11PM is: 0.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 25). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)--
Afternoon (25 Sep)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (25 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)22s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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)
0.2
ESE
5
0.1
N
22
0.2
ESE
6
0.1
SE
5
0.1
SE
5
0.1
SE
4
0.1
SE
4
0.5
SW
3
0.5
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.5
SSW
3
0.6
S
3
0.6
S
4
0.5
SSE
4
0.6
SSE
3
0.5
SE
5
0.6
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
9
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
12
20
30
34
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
2:27PM4.17m
2:29AM4.47m
2:58PM4.38m
3:02AM4.65m
3:30PM4.52m
Low Tide
8:21PM0.74m
8:43AM0.18m
8:54PM0.51m
9:15AM0.02m
9:27PM0.34m
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
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1
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Temp °C
15
14
12
13
12
13
14
16
17
14
13
13
15
13
14
16
16
14
12
Feels °C
9
10
8
8
6
7
8
9
12
10
9
9
10
7
9
10
11
10
7
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