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Whitley Bay surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 02 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
7.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whitley Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whitley Bay at 6PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Afternoon (02 Feb)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (02 Feb)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
E
Period(s) (?)999999999991010101010101010111110109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6468991075117111451301154117751925186216571765195821242298234422501883165014101544153717651930
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
15
E
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:42PM
5.23
4:18AM
5.04
4:24PM
5.35
4:58AM
5.02
5:04PM
5.35
5:37AM
4.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
1.03
10:14PM
0.39
10:27AM
0.94
10:54PM
0.35
11:05AM
0.95
11:33PM
0.44
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise7:54-------7:54-------7:52-------
Sunset--4:43-------4:45-------4:46-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C765554443344433444566765
Feels °C (?)1-1-3-3-3-4-5-5-6-5-4-4-4-4-4-3-2-13322-1-3
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