Woolacombe Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.18° N 4.21° W

Woolacombe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 13 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Woolacombe sea temperature is
14.2°C
1.6° 

Woolacombe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Woolacombe today (13 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 11PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Nov)--
Afternoon (13 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (13 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 5°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the NW by Sun afternoon).

Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
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
Swell
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
9
0.2
WSW
15
0.2
WSW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.2
WSW
14
0.3
WSW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.4
WSW
12
0.9
SW
6
0.9
SW
6
1.5
SW
7
2.3
WSW
7
2.1
WSW
7
2.2
W
7
2.2
WNW
8
1.2
WSW
11
1.9
W
10
1.6
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
23
21
54
18
35
44
41
57
56
56
53
48
59
204
530
456
496
514
330
724
494
Wind (km/h)
0
SW
5
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:02PM8.00m
8:20AM8.04m
8:36PM7.62m
8:55AM7.64m
9:14PM7.22m
Low Tide
1:42PM2.00m
1:53AM2.23m
2:16PM2.37m
2:26AM2.62m
2:55PM2.78m
3:05AM3.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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7:31
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7:31
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7:33
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4:31
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4:29
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4:28
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1
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1
1
1
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Temp °C
8
7
6
5
5
6
7
10
10
8
8
8
10
11
11
12
12
11
9
8
8
7
Feels °C
6
4
2
0
0
1
1
4
4
3
2
2
3
5
5
4
4
2
0
-1
0
1
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