Woolacombe surf break

Woolacombe surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 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
10.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Woolacombe today?

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 4AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)16s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
E
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)111110101016161610412111110101099111211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212118885552035305164745956128169157151149119
Wind
(km/h)
40
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
35
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
25
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
8.72
10:10AM
8.31
10:30PM
8.13
11:06AM
7.64
11:32PM
7.53
12:20PM
7.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
1.46
4:06PM
1.82
4:39AM
2.08
5:05PM
2.47
5:57AM
2.62
6:30PM
2.94
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:07-------6:05-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:24-------8:25
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1187791214121298791416151211878111414
Feels °C (?)3-2-4-3-1485621-1271111841-104810
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