White Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
14.9° 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 (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 1AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
E
7
1.1
E
7
1
E
7
0.9
E
6
0.8
E
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.5
NE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.9
NNE
7
1.3
NNE
8
1.4
NNE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
124
107
85
66
49
37
25
25
20
19
20
18
17
94
223
244
216
221
197
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
45
WSW
50
WSW
35
WSW
25
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
10
WNW
15
W
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:56PM3.87m
7:03AM4.07m
7:42PM3.72m
7:57AM3.85m
8:40PM3.57m
Low Tide
00:45AM0.96m
1:16PM0.73m
1:31AM1.13m
2:07PM0.98m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:20
5:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:12
9:09
9:07
 mm
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
20
20
17
16
16
14
15
16
17
15
13
14
13
13
13
16
17
17
15
Feels °C
18
19
16
15
15
9
9
10
9
6
7
9
8
8
8
12
14
13
10
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