Woolacombe surf break

Woolacombe surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Woolacombe today?

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 8PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
WSW
0.6
W
1.1
W
1.4
WSW
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.2
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)11101010101011108109161616161615131210101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1501391069896102932312844414417101297979597391129212761001804916817451243
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
WSW
20
S
25
SE
45
SE
55
SE
60
SSE
40
S
30
SSE
45
S
35
S
25
S
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:59PM
8.20
6:17AM
8.62
6:35PM
8.47
6:53AM
8.85
7:11PM
8.66
7:29AM
9.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
1.65
12:21PM
1.45
12:35AM
1.44
12:56PM
1.26
1:08AM
1.31
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------8:11-------8:10-------8:08-
Sunset4:42-------4:44-------4:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1---1382------
Temp. °C888776789877679998887668
Feels °C (?)666442333311-1-4-3-301-201101
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