Surf Forecasts:
Whitley Bay surf forecast from 3 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 4 Aug, 7PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period, E swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 6 Aug, 1PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period, N swell with 161 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Tuesday 4 Aug, 7PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with E swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Whitley Bay this week:
The surf forecast for Whitley Bay over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Aug 04) at 7PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.1m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 8s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Whitley Bay in the next 16 days are 1.4m 6s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Aug 06) at 1PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 3s period and expected on Thursday (Aug 06) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 7PM (Tue 4th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 7PM (Tue 4th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 1PM (Thu 6th Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Whitley Bay over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for the next couple of weeks around Whitley Bay. It's a pretty quiet outlook, to be honest. We've got a long stretch of small, mostly messy conditions for the foreseeable future with barely anything worth paddling out for.
We start off on Monday the 3rd with tiny 1ft waves and an 8-second period from the north. Combined wave energy is just 13 (weak), and with an ESE cross-onshore breeze at 6 mph, it's going to be pretty poor. Not a shred of hope there.
Tuesday the 4th sees a bit more size, with 4ft swell from the east, period still short at 7 seconds, and combined energy of 159 (moderate). But the wind is cross-shore from the SE, keeping it messy and poor.
Wednesday the 5th morning is mostly clean with a WSW cross-offshore wind at 12 mph, but the swell is tiny at 2ft from the NNE. By the afternoon, the wind swings SW and cranks up to 22 mph offshore – clean, but that swell is even smaller at 2ft with a combined energy of just 41 (weak). Nothing to get excited about.
Thursday the 6th afternoon might be the first slightly less terrible moment. We get 4ft from the NNE, 7-second period, combined energy of 143 (moderate). The wind is a light SSE cross-offshore at 6 mph, keeping it clean. But it's still described as very ordinary, so don't expect much.
From Friday the 7th right through to the end of the period on Tuesday the 18th, it’s a real flat spell. Swell heights drop and stay below 2ft for most of it, with combined wave energy barely hitting double digits and often sitting in the single digits (weak). A few days see some clean offshore winds, but there’s simply no swell to push them. The morning of Wednesday the 12th offers a moment of reprieve: 4ft from the NNE at 7 seconds, with a combined energy of 139 (moderate) and glassy conditions (SSW at 3 mph). That's the best we get, but it's still just 'very ordinary' and the afternoon turns messy again. After that, it's totally flat.
Honestly, for a beginner spot that’s inconsistent at the best of times, this is a proper run of nothing. It’s one of those blank runs that’s pretty normal for the area. No standouts here, I'm afraid.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Wed afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Sat morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | Sunday 9 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | N 9 | ESE 6 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | N 9 | N 8 | N 13 |
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 kJ | 11 | 13 | 50 | 144 | 130 | 66 | 47 | 35 | 20 | 64 | 143 | 114 | 63 | 48 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 6:55AM4.95m | 7:25PM4.53m | 7:34AM4.86m | 8:06PM4.40m | 8:18AM4.70m | 8:54PM4.24m | 9:11AM4.49m | 9:52PM4.10m | 10:18AM4.27m | 11:03PM4.02m | 11:39AM4.16m | 00:21AM4.09m | 1:02PM4.23m | 1:33AM4.31m | |||||||
Low Tide | 1:23PM0.88m | 1:30AM1.29m | 2:02PM1.02m | 2:10AM1.42m | 2:46PM1.22m | 2:58AM1.58m | 3:39PM1.45m | 3:59AM1.74m | 4:47PM1.66m | 5:20AM1.80m | 6:11PM1.76m | 6:52AM1.67m | 7:34PM1.67m | ||||||||
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 | 5:16 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 9:00 | — | 8:59 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 8:54 | — | — | 8:52 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 14 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | N 9 | N 9 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 6 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | S 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | ESE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | N 13 |
| kJ | 11 | 13 | 15 | 144 | 130 | 66 | 47 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 143 | 114 | 63 | 48 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | — | — | NNE 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | E 6 | E 6 | — | SE 7 | — | — | N 12 | N 11 | — | — | S 4 | NNE 7 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | 15 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 6 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | N 10 | — | NNE 8 | SE 5 | SE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SE 4 | N 9 | N 9 | N 8 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 23 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 3 | ESE 3 | ESE 6 | — | — | — | SW 2 | SW 3 | WSW 3 | NNE 6 | — | W 3 | WNW 3 | — | — | SSW 3 | WSW 3 | W 2 | WSW 3 | — | WNW 3 |
| kJ | 1 | 3 | 50 | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 10 | 64 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 376 | 295 | 376 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 235 | 811 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 175 | 641 | 670 | 493 | 332 | 369 | 316 |
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