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Whitley Bay surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
7.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whitley Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whitley Bay at 9AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.6
SSE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.2
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.8
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)11101010961211681010666666655555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2222203234222436977443029283223201811
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
20
SE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
3.96
1:16PM
4.09
1:43AM
4.09
2:01PM
4.28
2:29AM
4.27
2:41PM
4.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:12AM
1.89
7:43PM
1.79
8:01AM
1.76
8:27PM
1.54
8:42AM
1.60
9:06PM
1.30
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise--8:22-------8:21-------8:18-----
Sunset----4:07-------4:09-------4:10---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C576766654435655545776788
Feels °C (?)-2112234200-20100102243454
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