Woolacombe surf break

Woolacombe surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 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
10.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Woolacombe today?

The current surf forecast for Woolacombe at 8AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.5m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (12 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)121313131514141313121211111110101010999978
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63127840695659185638348424631684120777363951242333725519218815411510882888674
Wind
(km/h)
55
SW
50
SW
45
SW
45
WSW
35
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
10
SW
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
S
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:09AM
6.43
2:51PM
6.43
3:29AM
6.97
4:00PM
7.08
4:25AM
7.68
4:52PM
7.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
3.65
8:32AM
3.28
9:10PM
3.20
9:42AM
2.68
10:10PM
2.53
10:35AM
2.00
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---6:28-------6:26-------6:24----
Sunset-------8:07-------8:07-------8:09
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111121------------------
Temp. °C9998999986668999877810101313
Feels °C (?)-3-2-1-2123441113456532454910
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