South Coast · faces S

Bournemouth

Updated Sun 11 Oct, 19:36

Short, wedgy lefts and rights on sandbars either side of Boscombe Pier. Most days it’s average windswell, but it gets good in the rare big westerly or south-westerly groundswell. Best around mid tide on the push, and suits beginners and intermediates, more often on a longboard or fish than a shortboard. Offshore in a northerly, and the pier takes a little of the edge off strong south-westerlies. Popular, with a tight take-off and rips by the pier.

BreakSwell windowBoscombe Waverider, 1km SLatest buoy reading, Sun 18:02:1.0ft at 4.3sS 177°sea 7.6°CEvery spot on the mapMap © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

Day	Surf	Swell	Wind mph
MonMonday12 Oct	2–3ft	5.4ft5sS	16–22ggusts 27 ononshore
TueTuesday13 Oct	2ft	4.5ft7sSSW	17ggusts 24 crosscross-shore
WedWednesday14 Oct	1ft	1.9ft8sSW	2–11 cross-oncross-onshore
ThuThursday15 Oct	1ft	2.3ft3sSSW	18ggusts 22 cross-oncross-onshore
FriFriday16 Oct	Flat	1.2ft4sSW	10–24 cross-offcross-offshore
SatSaturday17 Oct	Flat	0.4ft6sWSW	8–14ggusts 19 offoffshore
SunSunday18 Oct	Flat	0.4ft4sESE	4–14ggusts 21 offoffshore
MonMonday19 Oct	Flat	1.2ft5sESE	16ggusts 29 cross-offcross-offshore
TueTuesday20 Oct	Flat	1.4ft5sESE	15ggusts 27 cross-offcross-offshore
WedWednesday21 Oct	Flat	0.4ft4sESE	11ggusts 14 cross-offcross-offshore

Squares rate the day in four parts, early → evening. Stars, surf, swell and wind are for the day's best two hours in a row still to come, from the weaker of the two; each day is hour by hour below.

During the day, early → evening
Good — waves, clean surface
Fair — small or choppy
Poor — flat or blown out
Stars out of 5; faded ones are lost to the wind
Wind clean, choppy or blown out; g is gusts
Swell period 12s groundswell, 6s windswell

Monday 12 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 17.5°C

LW 00:54 −0.1m
HW 01:34 −0.1m
LW 04:57 −1.1m
HW 09:39 +0.5m
LW 13:22 −0.2m
HW 13:35 −0.1m
LW 17:23 −1.2m
HW 21:57 +0.3m
Sunrise 07:25
Sunset 18:22

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	2–3ft	5.3ft5sS	18–25ggusts 27 ononshore	−0.8m ↑ low	16°C
poor	09:00	2–3ft	5.3ft5sS	14–22ggusts 27 ononshore	+0.5m ↑ high	17°C
poor	12:00	2ft	3.5ft6sS2.6ft4sSSW	13–21ggusts 23 ononshore	−0.0m ↓ low	18°C
poor	15:00	2ft	3.4ft4sSSW2.0ft6sS	14ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↓ high	18°C
poor	18:00	2ft	2.9ft6sS2.1ft3sSW	16ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.1m ↑ low	18°C
fair	21:00	1–2ft	2.7ft6sSSW	11–17ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.1m ↑ high	18°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 13 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 17.6°C

LW 01:21 −0.4m
HW 02:01 −0.3m
LW 05:40 −1.2m
HW 10:20 +0.3m
LW 14:29 −0.3m
HW 14:30 −0.3m
LW 18:04 −1.2m
HW 22:39 +0.0m
Sunrise 07:27
Sunset 18:20

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	2ft	4.4ft5sSW	18ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.2m ↑ low	18°C
poor	09:00	2–3ft	7.0ft5sSW	21–27ggusts 34 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.1m ↑ high	18°C
fair	12:00	2ft	4.5ft7sSSW	17ggusts 24 crosscross-shore	+0.0m ↓ mid	17°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	3.3ft7sSW	16ggusts 20 crosscross-shore	−0.3m ↓ high	19°C
fair	18:00	1–2ft	2.8ft7sSW	12ggusts 18 crosscross-shore	−1.2m ↓ low	18°C
fair	21:00	1ft	2.6ft7sSW	11ggusts 16 crosscross-shore	−0.2m ↑ high	17°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 14 Oct

Up to 1–2ft · sea 17.5°C

LW 01:55 −0.3m
HW 03:09 −0.2m
LW 06:21 −1.0m
HW 10:33 +0.1m
LW 18:41 −1.0m
HW 22:54 −0.0m
Sunrise 07:28
Sunset 18:17

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	2.0ft8sSW	5ggusts 7 crosscross-shore	−0.9m ↓ low	14°C
fair	09:00	1ft	1.7ft9sSW1.4ft3sSW	3–14 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.1m ↑ high	16°C
poor	12:00	1ft	1.6ft8sSSW2.0ft3sSW	14ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.0m ↓ high	17°C
poor	15:00	1–2ft	2.6ft4sSW1.5ft9sSSW	17ggusts 21 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.4m ↓ mid	17°C
poor	18:00	1–2ft	2.6ft4sSW1.6ft8sSSW	16ggusts 21 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.9m ↓ low	17°C
poor	21:00	Flat	1.3ft3sSSW0.9ft6sSW	16ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↑ high	17°C

Waves: DWD EWAM, Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Thursday 15 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 17.6°C

LW 03:06 −0.4m
HW 03:45 −0.4m
LW 06:58 −1.0m
HW 11:27 +0.0m
LW 15:20 −0.3m
HW 16:06 −0.2m
LW 19:19 −0.7m
HW 23:02 +0.1m
Sunrise 07:30
Sunset 18:15

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	1ft	2.1ft3sSSW	13–19ggusts 21 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.8m ↓ low	17°C
poor	09:00	1ft	2.3ft3sSSW	18ggusts 23 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.4m ↑ mid	17°C
poor	12:00	1ft	2.2ft3sSSW	19ggusts 26 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.0m ↓ high	18°C
poor	15:00	1ft	1.9ft3sSSW1.1ft4sSW	17ggusts 24 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.2m ↓ low	18°C
poor	18:00	1ft	1.2ft4sS1.3ft3sSW	16ggusts 22 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.5m ↓ mid	18°C
poor	21:00	Flat	1.1ft4sSSW1.2ft2sSW	14ggusts 22 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↑ mid	18°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Friday 16 Oct

Flat · sea 17.5°C

LW 07:44 −0.9m
HW 11:20 −0.1m
LW 12:34 −0.2m
HW 13:44 −0.1m
LW 16:13 −0.3m
HW 16:51 −0.3m
LW 20:12 −0.7m
HW 23:02 −0.3m
Sunrise 07:32
Sunset 18:13

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	1.4ft4sSW	10–26 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.5m ↓ mid	17°C
poor	09:00	Flat	1.0ft4sSW	11–23ggusts 24 offoffshore	−0.6m ↑ mid	16°C
poor	12:00	Flat	0.8ft5sSW0.5ft9sWSW	13–22ggusts 23 offoffshore	−0.2m ↓ low	14°C
poor	15:00	Flat	0.7ft5sSW0.4ft9sWSW	14–20 offoffshore	−0.2m ↓ mid	14°C
poor	18:00	Flat	0.6ft5sWSW0.4ft9sWSW	13ggusts 18 offoffshore	−0.3m ↓ high	15°C
poor	21:00	Flat	0.5ft6sWSW0.3ft9sWSW	13ggusts 20 offoffshore	−0.6m ↑ low	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Saturday 17 Oct

Flat · sea 17.2°C

LW 01:19 −0.5m
HW 02:31 −0.4m
LW 04:39 −0.5m
HW 05:45 −0.5m
LW 08:21 −0.7m
HW 11:19 −0.3m
LW 13:18 −0.4m
HW 15:04 −0.3m
LW 17:24 −0.5m
HW 17:36 −0.5m
LW 21:03 −0.8m
HW 23:20 −0.5m
Sunrise 07:33
Sunset 18:11

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	0.4ft6sWSW	8–14ggusts 19 offoffshore	−0.5m ↓ high	10°C
poor	09:00	Flat	0.3ft6sWSW	8–14ggusts 19 offoffshore	−0.7m ↑ low	11°C
poor	12:00	Flat	0.3ft6sWSW	8–14ggusts 19 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.3m ↓ high	13°C
poor	15:00	Flat	0.9ft2sNNE	8–15ggusts 18 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.3m ↑ high	14°C
poor	18:00	Flat	1.0ft2sNNE	7–16ggusts 20 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.5m ↓ high	14°C
poor	21:00	Flat	1.0ft2sNNE	6–16ggusts 20 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.8m ↓ low	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Sunday 18 Oct

Flat · sea 16.9°C

LW 01:35 −0.7m
HW 04:06 −0.5m
LW 05:13 −0.6m
HW 06:53 −0.5m
LW 09:19 −0.7m
HW 11:43 −0.5m
LW 13:56 −0.7m
HW 16:12 −0.5m
LW 22:07 −0.8m
HW 23:51 −0.8m
Sunrise 07:35
Sunset 18:09

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	0.4ft4sESE	4–13ggusts 19 offoffshore	−0.6m ↑ low	9°C
poor	09:00	Flat	0.3ft4sESE	4–16ggusts 22 offoffshore	−0.7m ↓ low	10°C
poor	12:00	Flat	1.9ft3sNNE	4–19ggusts 25 offoffshore	−0.5m ↓ high	13°C
poor	15:00	Flat	0.3ft5sESE	7–19ggusts 24 offoffshore	−0.6m ↑ mid	13°C
poor	18:00	Flat	0.5ft5sESE	10–16ggusts 27 offoffshore	−0.6m ↓ high	13°C
poor	21:00	Flat	0.7ft5sESE	12ggusts 27 offoffshore	−0.8m ↓ low	12°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Monday 19 Oct

Flat · sea 16.7°C

LW 01:53 −0.9m
HW 05:13 −0.5m
LW 05:55 −0.5m
HW 08:00 −0.4m
LW 10:35 −0.6m
HW 12:04 −0.6m
LW 14:16 −0.7m
HW 17:11 −0.3m
LW 19:10 −0.5m
HW 19:57 −0.4m
Sunrise 07:37
Sunset 18:07

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	1.1ft5sESE	16ggusts 28 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.5m ↑ low	12°C
poor	09:00	Flat	1.2ft5sESE	16ggusts 30 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.5m ↓ high	13°C
poor	12:00	Flat	1.1ft6sESE	12–19ggusts 29 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.6m ↑ high	14°C
poor	15:00	Flat	1.2ft6sESE	12–19ggusts 27 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.7m ↑ low	15°C
poor	18:00	Flat	1.3ft5sESE	17ggusts 27 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.4m ↓ mid	14°C
poor	21:00	Flat	1.2ft5sESE	17ggusts 27 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.5m ↓ high	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 20 Oct

Flat · sea 16.5°C

LW 02:33 −0.9m
HW 05:56 −0.4m
LW 07:04 −0.5m
HW 08:59 −0.4m
LW 12:10 −0.6m
HW 12:42 −0.6m
LW 14:44 −0.7m
HW 17:54 −0.2m
LW 20:23 −0.4m
HW 20:35 −0.4m
Sunrise 07:38
Sunset 18:05

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	1.4ft5sESE	16ggusts 27 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.4m ↓ high	11°C
poor	09:00	Flat	1.4ft5sESE	14ggusts 27 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.4m ↓ high	12°C
poor	12:00	Flat	1.2ft5sESE	14ggusts 24 crosscross-shore	−0.6m ↓ low	13°C
poor	15:00	Flat	0.6ft5sS	13ggusts 22 crosscross-shore	−0.7m ↑ low	14°C
poor	18:00	Flat	1.6ft5sESE	12ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.2m ↓ high	14°C
poor	21:00	Flat	1.5ft4sESE	11ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	–	14°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 21 Oct

Flat · sea 16.5°C

Sunrise 07:40
Sunset 18:03

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	0.5ft4sESE	12ggusts 15 cross-offcross-offshore	No tide forecast this far ahead	12°C
poor	09:00	Flat	0.4ft4sESE	11ggusts 14 cross-offcross-offshore		13°C
poor	12:00	Flat	0.3ft2sNNE	7–16 crosscross-shore		13°C
poor	15:00	Flat	0.5ft2sNNE	14ggusts 17 cross-offcross-offshore		14°C
poor	18:00	Flat	0.7ft2sNNE	12ggusts 21 cross-offcross-offshore		14°C
poor	21:00	Flat	0.8ft2sNE	12ggusts 24 cross-offcross-offshore		13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM, NOAA GFS · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS