Whitley Bay surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
6.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whitley Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whitley Bay at 1PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (18 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (18 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NNE
1.3
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
1.7
SE
2.1
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
2.3
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.2
ESE
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1010101267788999999988888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4713202362882213805016948451098112611311377854635476343253187187118705224
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
15
SE
10
SW
10
W
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
WSW
25
SW
40
SW
45
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59AM
4.83
4:05PM
5.14
4:32AM
4.94
4:39PM
5.28
5:06AM
4.96
5:15PM
5.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
1.00
10:31PM
0.53
10:41AM
0.88
11:06PM
0.47
11:14AM
0.85
11:41PM
0.51
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:22-------7:20-------7:18-----
Sunset----5:16-------5:19-------5:21---
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C444554445555333455610101099
Feels °C (?)-3-4-4-4-5-5-6-6-4-4-3-2-10-100-1-1342-13
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