- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Withernsea Surf Forecast
/ North East England (54 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Withernsea surfForecast / North East England / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 18 May 2026 BSTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Withernsea surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Withernsea sea temperature is
10.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Withernsea today?
The current surf forecast for Withernsea at 2AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm May 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 May) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (19 May) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (19 May) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Withernsea. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Mon night, light winds from the SW by Wed night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thu 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
NNE 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 | |
22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | |
High Tide | 6:46PM5.32m | 7:05AM5.17m | 7:37PM5.14m | 7:52AM5.04m | 8:32PM4.84m | 8:42AM4.84m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:08AM0.21m | 1:31PM0.02m | 1:55AM0.47m | 2:21PM0.14m | 2:44AM0.81m | |||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  | | | | | | |  |  | | | |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:01 | — | — | — | — | — | 9:02 |
1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 17 |
8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | SE 6 | SE 5 | N 8 | N 8 | SSE 5 | S 4 | S 4 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 |
 kJ | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | — | N 8 | N 8 | ESE 5 | N 8 | SE 5 | SE 4 | — | — | N 8 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 12 | 12 | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 8 | SE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 3 | SSE 3 | S 3 | S 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | S 5 | S 5 | SW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 2 | — | SW 3 | SW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | S 3 |
| kJ | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 105 | 145 | 148 | 143 | 92 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 426 | 445 | 171 | 549 | 526 | 457 | 593 | 315 | 116 | 64 | 64 | 96 | 299 | 174 | 388 | 403 | 403 | 388 | 309 | 324 | 348 | 324 | 348 | 356 |
Best forecast wave conditions in North East England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Withernsea surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest