Surf Break

Lat Long: 56.01° N 2.51° W

White Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's White Sands sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.9° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for White Sands at 11PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). 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 (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the S by Fri afternoon).

Thu
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Friday
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Saturday
3
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
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.6
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.2
ESE
6
0.2
ESE
6
0.2
ESE
6
0.1
N
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
137
110
116
119
105
92
64
41
26
15
27
19
10
9
6
3
3
3
2
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
40
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
5:58PM4.09m
6:29AM4.08m
6:51PM3.81m
7:36AM3.74m
8:01PM3.56m
Low Tide
00:02AM0.60m
12:30PM0.94m
00:55AM0.88m
1:28PM1.32m
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Temp °C
16
14
13
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16
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Feels °C
10
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