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Southboune

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Faces S all tides Offshore north Best swell south

Best of the week: Sunday around 08:00, 5–7 ft and cross-off.

Surf now10–13ft0.1 m at 9 s from the S, wind sea 4.1 m from the SW
Wind26mphSW · cross-on · gusts 50
Tide 1.3mRising · high 21:24 (1.5 m). Works all tides.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
10–13 ft Swell SW 8s Wind 26 mph ★★★★★
Sun
5–7 ft Swell SW 9s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★
Mon
7–9 ft Swell SW 7s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Tue
6–8 ft Swell SW 9s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Wed
2–3 ft Swell W 4s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★
Thu
1–2 ft Swell SW 5s Wind 3 mph ★★★★★
Fri
1–2 ft Swell SE 3s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 19 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 10–13 6–8 5–7 4–6 4–5 3–5 3–5 5–7 6–9 6–9 6–8 7–10 6–8 7–9 6–8 5–7 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2
Swell 8s 10s 10s 5s 5s 9s 5s 5s 6s 7s 7s 7s 7s 10s 9s 9s 4s 4s 4s 4s 4s 5s 6s 6s 6s 6s 2s 3s 3s 3s 3s
Wind mph 26 17 14 19 13 13 17 22 19 19 19 22 15 15 15 12 14 13 13 11 8 3 3 11 11 8 10 11 11 10 9
Tide m 1.1↑ 1.1↑ 1.7↓ 1.3↓ 0.8↓ 1.0↑ 0.9↑ 1.7↑ 1.5↓ 0.9↓ 0.8↑ 0.8↑ 1.6↑ 1.6↓ 1.0↓ 0.7↑ 0.7↓ 1.4↑ 1.7↓ 1.2↓ 0.7↓ 0.8↓ 1.2↑ 1.6↓ 1.3↓ 0.8↓ 0.9↓ 1.0↑ 1.5↑ 1.3↓ 0.9↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Southboune faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Christchurch (Tuckton) above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Wednesday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

Southboune faces south. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from E round to W; the brighter a wedge, the deeper the water in that direction and the more of the swell gets in. Anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces SSSW
S
0.1 m at 9 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SW
4.1 m at 8 s (wind sea) · 90 % reaches the beach

How Southboune works

Swell
Best from the south.
Wind
Offshore is from the north; anything with south in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
all tides.

big dumpers when the swells right can get pretty dodgy but is still fun nightmare to paddle out though

Tide times

  • Sat 21:24High1.5 m
  • Sun 03:58Low0.7 m
  • Sun 08:54High1.7 m
  • Sun 16:25Low0.7 m
  • Sun 20:56High1.6 m
  • Mon 04:39Low0.7 m
  • Mon 09:25High1.7 m
  • Mon 17:07Low0.7 m

Christchurch (Tuckton) station, 2 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

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Comments

24 Mar 2005 · bradley A board breaker in heavy swell

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