Whitley Bay surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Whitley Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whitley Bay sea temperature is
13.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Whitley Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whitley Bay at 8PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
1.1
NNE
2.4
NNE
3
NNE
4
NNE
4
NNE
3.5
NNE
3
NNE
3
NNE
Period(s) (?)999991010101099111111111111689101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6969494848513737515050103133138140138303450128628723300203814351432
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
30
N
30
NW
65
NW
50
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14PM
4.31
2:18AM
4.50
3:03PM
4.54
3:05AM
4.79
3:42PM
4.72
3:45AM
5.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
1.79
8:57AM
1.08
9:16PM
1.53
9:39AM
0.85
9:52PM
1.32
10:15AM
0.72
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:46-------6:48--
Sunset-7:15-------7:13-------7:10------
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1-----135123167153--
Temp. °C20171818171718192120171413121213131212119101112
Feels °C (?)161514161415161819181713121111111067-1-1335
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Whitley Bay (light winds from the WSW at Albemarle 27 km from Whitley Bay). 0.7m 9s swell from the NNE to make surfable waves.

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27 km away, 57 min ago

6 km/h
WSW
0.0
13.1
Air / Water (°C)
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