Woolacombe surf break

Woolacombe surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 24 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
9.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woolacombe today?

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 2PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (24 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (24 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
3
3
1
2
2
4
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313121112121313122019171616161515141413899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119210418747417448141054136514011256126117061811333626422276177515059807991734429587866
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
7.90
10:44PM
7.51
11:24AM
7.21
11:59PM
6.93
12:57PM
6.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:48AM
1.96
4:17PM
2.27
4:47AM
2.60
5:28PM
2.91
6:26AM
3.08
7:19PM
3.16
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise--7:13-------7:11-------7:09-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:49-------5:51---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------42
Temp. °C1110101313121010109111414131110109101212111010
Feels °C (?)635777676561012127564344344
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