Withernsea surf break

Withernsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 BST
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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
12.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Withernsea today?

The current surf forecast for Withernsea at 10AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (22 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (22 Oct)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NNE
0.6
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
2.5
NE
3.5
NNE
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.1
N
2
N
1.9
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
Period(s) (?)1010117111111101068899999101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181743296159797572490117619152471197116211252771740654425313220188160
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
ESE
35
E
45
NE
50
NE
25
NE
30
N
65
NW
65
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
45
W
45
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
4.99
6:11PM
4.89
6:23AM
4.98
6:39PM
4.85
6:54AM
4.88
7:07PM
4.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:09PM
0.34
12:22AM
0.50
12:39PM
0.44
12:53AM
0.50
1:10PM
0.60
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--7:39-------7:41-------7:43-----
Sunset----5:47-------5:45-------5:44---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101010131312111111121111108898999101098
Feels °C (?)455999742265-4-6-5-2-3-1001331
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East England

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Withernsea (light winds from the WSW at Leconfield 35 km from Withernsea). 0.4m 6s windswell from the NNW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the N and a 0.2m 12s groundswell, also from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
WSW
0.0
12.9
Air / Water (°C)
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