Whitesand Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 51.89° N 5.30° W

Issued: 6 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Whitesand Bay sea temperature is

15.8° C

Whitesand Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Whitesand Bay today (11 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Whitesand Bay at 9PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (11 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	5s
Evening (11 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

Table - waves today at Whitesand Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Sun night, light winds from the NNE by Tue morning).
	Sat 11			Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 5	N 5	N 5	WSW 8	W 8	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 21	SW 21	SW 21	SW 15	SW 20	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19	N 5	SW 19	SW 15	W 12	SW 18	SSW 18	SW 18
Wave Graph
kJ	42	52	42	11	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	18	9	15	15	15	15	53	15	9	3	12	30	49
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		4:59PM3.41m				5:31AM3.53m				6:03PM3.67m				6:33AM3.72m				7:00PM3.96m					7:29AM3.89m
Low Tide				11:28PM0.86m				12:01PM0.75m				00:35AM0.60m				1:00PM0.55m					1:33AM0.34m


	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—
	—	9:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:36	—	—	—	—	—	9:35
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	20	22	24	21	19	20	24	25	29	26	20	16	15	18	20	23	25	26	21	18	16	18	20
Feels °C	18	16	19	21	18	15	16	22	21	24	19	13	10	7	11	16	16	18	20	16	14	12	14	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 8	WSW 8	WSW 8	N 5	NNW 5	N 5	ESE 4	N 5	N 5	SW 21	SW 16	N 6	N 6	SW 15	SE 6	N 5	SE 5	SE 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	ESE 5	SSW 18	SW 18
kJ	13	6	6	47	39	19	2	16	16	18	10	29	24	8	17	24	7	4	69	60	41	2	30	49
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 17	SW 17	SW 17	WSW 8	W 8	W 8	SW 16	ESE 4	SE 4	SW 16	SW 21	SW 15	SW 15	SW 20	SW 19	SE 6	SW 19	SW 19	SW 15	SW 15	ESE 5	SW 18	W 11	SSW 7
kJ	11	11	11	6	5	1	10	2	3	10	18	9	9	15	15	16	15	15	8	9	2	12	9	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	W 8	SW 16	SW 16	W 8	W 8	SW 21	S 21	SW 20	SW 15	SW 19	SW 15	SW 15	SW 19	W 12	W 12	W 12	ESE 4	W 11
kJ	—	11	11	11	10	10	1	10	10	1	1	18	9	15	8	15	8	8	15	3	3	3	2	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 5	N 5	N 5	ENE 3	ESE 4	ESE 4	N 5	E 4	E 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	E 4	E 5	NE 6	NNE 5	E 6	N 5	N 5	ESE 4	E 3	E 5	NNE 5	N 5	N 4
kJ	42	52	42	2	2	2	18	22	17	31	44	13	13	46	23	101	42	53	2	5	35	29	17	14
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Bedruthan Steps Cornwall (North)	Perranporth Cornwall (North)	Duckpool Bay Cornwall (North)	Duckpool Bay Cornwall (North)	Polzeath Cornwall (North)	Stoney Gap (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Dumps (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Mawgan Porth Cornwall (North)	Tramore Left Waterford	Ownachincha Cork	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Aln Estuary North East England	Aln Estuary North East England	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	St Finan's Bay Kerry	Frainslake Sands Wales - Pembrokeshire	Mawgan Porth Cornwall (North)	Tramore Waterford	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Polzeath Cornwall (North)	Tramore Waterford	Frainslake Sands Wales - Pembrokeshire	Frainslake Sands Wales - Pembrokeshire	Newgale Wales - Pembrokeshire
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	157	172	124	124	149	327	327	159	126	258	152	459	459	152	346	32	159	128	152	149	128	32	32	13
Best forecast wave conditions in Wales - Pembrokeshire																Freshwater West						Freshwater West	Freshwater West	Freshwater West
Rating (10 max)																1						1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney		Melvich Scot - North Coast	Bragar (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Nigg Bay Scot - East Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Birsay Bay Scot - Orkney	Rubh A Bhiogar (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Bay of Skaill Scot - Orkney	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast	Thurso East Scot - North Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Header Global	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Etang-Sale Reunion	Bluff Panama	Bluff Panama	Bluff Panama	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Benkunqut Indonesia	Injidup Carpark Australia	Bancoora Australia	Bullies Australia	Bullies Australia	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia
Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	9	9

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