Woolacombe surf break

Woolacombe surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 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
10.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Woolacombe today?

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 2PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010101010101010101010999141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8948627626695734864083392841921571541229494706847452828163131
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
ESE
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
9.51
7:38PM
9.45
8:00AM
9.53
8:18PM
9.42
8:41AM
9.32
8:58PM
9.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.58
1:22PM
0.45
1:39AM
0.50
2:01PM
0.50
2:19AM
0.62
2:39PM
0.76
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:16-------6:13-------6:11------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:17-------8:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C99999101010989101112111198810111199
Feels °C (?)455445787666787743245543
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