
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at White Sands today (11 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 7s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 7s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for White Sands at 1AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 10). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (11 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 7s |
| Evening (11 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at White Sands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu night, calm by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | N 7 | ESE 6 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 4 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off |
High Tide | 2:40PM4.48m | 2:45AM4.80m | 3:21PM4.61m | 3:25AM4.93m | 3:58PM4.64m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:36PM0.56m | 9:02AM-0.15m | 9:14PM0.39m | 9:39AM-0.20m | 9:49PM0.30m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 7:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | |
mm | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 16 |
Feels °C | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | — | SSE 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 4 |
11 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 9 | NNE 7 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 4 | SW 3 | SW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | W 3 | W 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 |
9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 295 | 295 | 130 | 128 | 128 | 146 | 441 | 275 | 259 | 206 | 237 | 295 | 295 | 259 | 275 | 469 | 146 | 212 | 206 |
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