Woolacombe surf break

Woolacombe surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 20 Aug 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
18.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Woolacombe today?

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 10AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (20 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (20 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)18s

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

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)66614136186661314151413131312121111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)64487310665751822416484143139132132153148108
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNE
20
NW
20
N
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
7.32
4:52PM
7.73
5:27AM
7.90
5:50PM
8.37
6:19AM
8.44
6:38PM
8.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
2.54
11:11PM
2.12
11:34AM
1.96
12:07AM
1.57
12:23PM
1.47
12:53AM
1.18
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:13------
Sunset-----8:29-------8:27-------8:24--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516171918171714131415171717161514151717171717
Feels °C (?)910111317141413991012141414151413141414151516
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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 (fresh winds from the NE at Woolacombe NDHPC 2 km from Woolacombe). 0.2m 6s windswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.

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1 h 16 min ago

33 km/h
NE
Cross-Off
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