Whitesand Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 51.89° N 5.30° W

Issued: 6 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Whitesand Bay sea temperature is

16.2° 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 (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 21s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 21s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Whitesand Bay at 2PM is: 0.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	0.5ft (0.1m)	16s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	0.5ft (0.1m)	21s
Evening (12 Jul)	0.5ft (0.1m)	21s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. 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).
	Sunday 12							Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed 15
	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	1 AM
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)	W 8	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 21	SW 21	SW 21	SW 21	SW 15	SW 20	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19	N 6	SW 19	SW 15	W 12	SW 18	SSW 18	SW 18	SW 18	W 11	W 10	W 10
Wave Graph
kJ	10	10	10	10	18	18	18	18	9	15	15	15	15	59	15	9	3	12	30	49	49	12	8	8
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	ENE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	off	off
High Tide		5:31AM3.53m				6:03PM3.67m				6:33AM3.72m				7:00PM3.96m					7:29AM3.89m				7:52PM4.22m
Low Tide				12:01PM0.75m				00:35AM0.60m				1:00PM0.55m					1:33AM0.34m				1:52PM0.36m


	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18
	—	—	—	—	—	9:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:35	—	9:34
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	18	20	23	24	29	25	20	16	15	17	20	22	23	25	21	18	16	19	20	23	26	27	24
Feels °C	18	15	17	20	20	24	18	13	9	8	10	15	15	16	20	16	15	12	15	18	20	22	24	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	SE 4	N 5	SW 16	N 6	N 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	ESE 5	SSW 18	N 5	SW 18	N 5	N 6	N 6
kJ	25	18	11	10	3	23	10	29	23	8	8	7	4	2	109	74	41	2	30	16	49	29	31	32
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 8	W 8	ESE 4	ESE 4	SW 16	SW 21	SW 21	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19	SW 15	SW 15	ESE 5	SW 18	W 11	SW 18	W 11	W 11	W 10	W 10
kJ	5	1	2	2	10	18	18	9	9	8	15	15	15	15	8	9	2	12	9	49	9	9	8	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 21	SW 16	W 8	SW 21	S 21	SW 20	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 19	W 12	W 12	W 12	SE 4	W 11	SSW 7	SW 18	SSW 6	SW 14
kJ	10	10	10	10	18	10	1	18	9	15	8	8	8	8	15	3	3	3	1	9	4	12	4	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 2	ESE 4	E 4	E 4	N 4	ESE 4	NE 5	E 4	E 3	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	N 6	SE 4	E 3	E 5	N 5	N 5	E 4	N 5	ESE 4	SE 4	—
kJ	1	2	15	22	14	2	45	10	5	24	20	23	39	59	1	5	27	27	17	8	24	5	1	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Polzeath Cornwall (North)	Mawgan Porth Cornwall (North)	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Doonloughan Mayo and Achill Island	Tramore Left Waterford	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Ownachincha Cork	Pors Theolen Brittany - Finistere	Aln Estuary North East England	Dame Jouanne Brittany - Ile et Vilaine	Mawgan Porth Cornwall (North)	Frainslake Sands Wales - Pembrokeshire	Mawgan Porth Cornwall (North)	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Polzeath Cornwall (North)	Frainslake Sands Wales - Pembrokeshire	Frainslake Sands Wales - Pembrokeshire	Newgale Wales - Pembrokeshire	Newgale Wales - Pembrokeshire	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)	Perfect Wave Waterford	Constantine Bay Cornwall (North)
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)	149	159	152	369	126	152	258	428	459	426	159	32	159	152	152	152	149	32	32	13	13	152	137	152
Best forecast wave conditions in Wales - Pembrokeshire												Freshwater West						Freshwater West	Freshwater West	Freshwater West	Newgale
Rating (10 max)												1						1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	8	5	9	6	6	6	5

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