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Withernsea surfForecast / North East England / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
5.2° C
 (Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Withernsea today?

The current surf forecast for Withernsea at 8AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ENE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.1
NE
2.4
SE
Period(s) (?)77899101010101099999888877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515773101414051572187218691552119999280534326623719022411596583319820
Wind
(km/h)
50
ENE
45
NE
45
NE
45
NNE
45
NNE
45
NE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
0
E
15
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
45
S
50
S
55
S
55
S
50
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
4.24
9:01PM
4.58
9:50AM
4.00
9:51PM
4.25
10:43AM
3.81
10:50PM
3.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.47
2:53PM
1.27
3:30AM
0.82
3:39PM
1.52
4:17AM
1.17
4:31PM
1.73
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise--8:14-------8:12-------8:11-----
Sunset----3:59-------4:00-------4:01---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
311111--111---------11-1
Temp. °C455433344444443211234468
Feels °C (?)-7-6-6-6-8-8-8-5-5-4-2-201-2-5-8-9-9-9-8-8-5-1
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