White Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 06 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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 11AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (06 Aug)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (06 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NNE
7
0.6
NNE
7
1.2
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.7
NNE
7
0.6
NNE
7
0.5
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
35
155
168
168
172
146
146
119
93
83
64
48
42
29
19
18
9
8
8
8
16
7
Wind (km/h)
25
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
5
ENE
5
SSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
7:57AM3.85m
8:40PM3.57m
9:05AM3.67m
9:52PM3.48m
10:28AM3.60m
Low Tide
1:31AM1.13m
2:07PM0.98m
2:30AM1.29m
3:13PM1.22m
3:48AM1.38m
4:39PM1.34m
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5:22
5:24
5:26
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9:07
9:06
9:04
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Temp °C
13
13
13
14
16
17
15
13
14
13
15
18
18
17
15
15
15
15
17
20
19
17
17
Feels °C
9
10
11
12
14
15
10
8
10
8
9
12
11
12
12
11
10
10
12
15
15
13
13
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