Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
12.5°C
0.6° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 7PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat afternoon, min 7°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu night, gales from the WSW by Sat night).

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
NNE
6
0.5
N
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.2
N
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.7
E
4
1.2
E
5
1.6
ENE
6
1.8
E
7
1.8
N
6
2.1
NNE
7
1.8
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.4
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
1
NE
7
1.2
SE
4
1.8
SE
7
0.9
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
18
13
29
26
6
16
15
71
170
315
239
456
349
268
217
125
89
52
290
98
Wind (km/h)
35
W
35
W
25
W
15
SW
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
30
E
30
E
35
NNE
50
NNW
45
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
W
20
WSW
15
SSW
35
S
55
S
55
SSW
60
SW
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
12:35PM3.62m
00:35AM3.86m
1:13PM3.92m
1:15AM4.14m
1:48PM4.20m
Low Tide
6:31PM1.39m
6:55AM0.77m
7:11PM1.07m
7:31AM0.47m
7:47PM0.76m
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
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7:54
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7:56
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7:58
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5:52
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5:51
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5:47
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3
5
11
9
1
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1
2
5
Temp °C
8
10
11
9
8
8
9
10
9
9
8
7
7
7
7
7
8
10
10
13
8
Feels °C
0
2
5
5
5
4
4
3
2
2
-3
-3
-2
-1
1
2
3
2
-2
2
-5
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