Woolacombe surf break

Woolacombe surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 BST
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Woolacombe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Woolacombe sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Woolacombe today?

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 5AM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (19 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
W
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)101099101010109999999999988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)703611551563567518461399336280274218202169165108108106779286705135
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
20
SW
40
NW
25
NW
20
W
20
NNW
15
N
10
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
8.07
5:37PM
8.55
6:03AM
8.61
6:19PM
8.98
6:41AM
8.93
6:55PM
9.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
2.08
11:24AM
1.96
11:53PM
1.55
12:05PM
1.49
12:31AM
1.23
12:40PM
1.21
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise---6:56-------6:58--------7:00---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:21-------7:17
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1232------1--
Temp. °C161615151619181716151616161614131413121212101214
Feels °C (?)1212111113161615151213151613771099106268
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Woolacombe (strong winds from the ESE at Woolacombe NDHPC 2 km from Woolacombe). A 1.5m swell from the WSW

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1 h 16 min ago

43 km/h
ESE
Cross-Off
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