Surf Forecasts:
Whitley Bay surf forecast from 6 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 9 Sep, 4PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period, NNE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 9 Sep, 10AM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period, N swell with 225 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 9 Sep, 4PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNE 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 Wednesday (Sep 09) at 4PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 6s period. 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 1.6m 7s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 10AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 3s period and expected on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 1PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 4PM (Wed 9th Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 4PM (Wed 9th Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 10AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Whitley Bay over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right then, folks. Rusty here. Let's have a look at this stretch of coast for the next couple of weeks.
Alright, to be brutally honest, it's a grim outlook for Whitley Bay over the next sixteen days. We're looking at a real flat spell, with very little quality on offer. The water’s a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – sitting about 2°F above average, so it’s not all bad news.
For the first week, from Sunday the 6th right through to Sunday the 13th of September, it's basically a write-off. There's a tiny window on the afternoon of Wednesday the 9th where a little bump shows up. The swell will be a weak 3ft from the NNE, but with a short period of 6 seconds, the wave energy is low (68). What saves it is the glassy wind – dead flat conditions – making it clean. It's surfable, just very ordinary. Still, if you’re desperate for a paddle, that’s your best bet in that first week.
After that, we hit a long, dry gap. From Saturday the 13th through Thursday the 17th, you'll be looking at flat, clean, surf-less water. Not worth getting the wetsuit wet.
However, look towards the end of the run. Things start to flicker back to life on Thursday the 17th of September. The afternoon sees a 3ft swell from the north, with a moderate offshore wind. It’s still not great.
The real standout, if you can call it that, comes on Friday the 18th of September. For the morning and afternoon, we finally get a bit of energy. The swell is a consistent 4ft from the NNE, with a period of 9 seconds, which is a decent groundswell signal, and a moderate offshore wind from the SSW cleaning it up. The combined wave energy is moderate (216 in the morning, 211 in the afternoon). For Whitley Bay, that’s the best we’ve got on offer. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only session in the whole outlook that has any power and shape to it. Get on it if you can.
Beyond that, the Saturday and Sunday are a step down again, and the long-range stuff after the 21st looks very weak and uncertain. So, to sum it up: a whole lot of nothing, then a brief, half-decent window on Friday 18th September. That's your lot.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Tue night, light winds from the N by Wed morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | ESE 6 | NNE 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | N 8 | NNW 5 | N 7 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | N 7 | NNE 8 | NNW 7 | NNE 7 | N 6 | N 8 | N 7 |
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 kJ | 20 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 87 | 225 | 68 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:09AM4.05m | 1:06PM4.18m | 1:25AM4.32m | 2:15PM4.46m | 2:25AM4.67m | 3:08PM4.75m | 3:15AM5.02m | 3:53PM4.98m | 3:59AM5.29m | 4:33PM5.10m | 4:39AM5.44m | 5:10PM5.13m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:06PM2.04m | 6:52AM1.64m | 7:33PM1.88m | 8:07AM1.28m | 8:35PM1.59m | 9:02AM0.89m | 9:24PM1.29m | 9:49AM0.59m | 10:05PM1.05m | 10:30AM0.41m | 10:43PM0.90m | 11:08AM0.37m | 11:18PM0.84m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
 | 7:46 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:30 | — |
mm | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 |
Feels °C | 19 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 8 | SE 5 | ESE 6 | SE 6 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | — | — | N 7 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | N 7 | NNE 8 | — | NNE 7 | N 6 | N 6 | SE 4 |
| kJ | 20 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 6 | — | — | 152 | 68 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 19 | — | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NNE 8 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | — | SE 5 | N 8 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 5 | — | — | — | N 8 | N 6 |
| kJ | — | 22 | 15 | 15 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNE 8 | NNE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | N 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SE 5 | W 2 | WSW 3 | S 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | NNW 5 | N 7 | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 3 | NNW 7 | — | S 3 | SSE 4 | — |
| kJ | 6 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 87 | 225 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 17 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 416 | 5 | 52 | 561 | 555 | 415 | 441 | 486 | 410 | 0 | 175 | 321 | 295 | 452 | 421 | 69 | 316 | 277 | 394 | 321 |
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