Woolacombe surf break

Woolacombe surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
9.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woolacombe today?

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 5PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (28 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (28 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.2
W
1
W
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)1615141414131313121289101111121111111110111214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125312931212107511224953359031106120057491713461616147416601284885655561450516812975
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
35
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
7.66
4:26AM
8.20
4:57PM
8.38
5:16AM
8.88
5:42PM
8.93
6:00AM
9.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
2.26
10:09PM
2.04
10:44AM
1.54
11:02PM
1.37
11:32AM
0.97
11:45PM
0.89
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise7:03-------7:01-------7:00-------
Sunset--5:53-------5:55-------5:58-----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------21------1-1-111--
Temp. °C7889891091011121110101010119988888
Feels °C (?)1322125433410-10136766666
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