White Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's White Sands sea temperature is
14.9° C
0.5° 

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 6AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-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

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Wed night, light winds from the ESE by Thu afternoon).

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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
0.3
NNE
7
0.7
NNE
7
1.2
NNE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
1.1
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
1
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.9
NNE
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.7
NNE
8
0.7
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
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
41
155
201
172
146
142
116
116
95
93
66
50
48
29
19
18
9
8
8
8
8
8
Wind (km/h)
35
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
ESE
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
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
cloud
light rain
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part cloud
part cloud
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
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cloud
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light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:22
5:24
5:26
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9:07
9:06
9:04
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
13
13
15
15
17
14
13
13
13
16
18
18
16
15
15
15
15
16
19
20
17
17
Feels °C
8
9
9
10
12
13
13
9
8
9
8
11
12
12
10
10
10
10
9
10
14
16
11
12
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