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Whitley Bay surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 27 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
7.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whitley Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whitley Bay at 8AM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (28 Jan)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (28 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
4
3
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999999888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164094012651014848690540463442512470439393412378378409453527541667828871984
Wind
(km/h)
40
SE
25
SE
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58PM
4.27
10:46AM
4.06
11:21PM
4.21
12:02PM
4.18
12:41AM
4.32
1:09PM
4.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
1.69
5:08PM
1.83
5:57AM
1.72
6:36PM
1.60
7:13AM
1.58
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----8:03-------8:02-------8:00---
Sunset------4:32-------4:35-------4:37-
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--------------------121
Temp. °C676556666666665555555556
Feels °C (?)-31222433220000-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2
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