Whiterocks surf forecast

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Whiterocks

★★★★★Good

Beach break Faces N all tides Offshore south Best swell north

Best of the week: Sunday around 06:00, 3–4 ft and offshore.

Surf now2–3ft0.9 m at 7 s from the NW, wind sea 0.1 m from the S

Wind12mphS · offshore · gusts 22

Tide 1.3mFalling · low 02:54 (0.9 m). Works all tides.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe

Sat

2–3 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★

Sun

3–4 ft Swell NW 12s Wind 7 mph ★★★★★

Mon

3–4 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★

Tue

2–3 ft Swell E 3s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★

Wed

2–3 ft Swell NW 11s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★

Thu

2–3 ft Swell E 4s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★

	Sat 14					Sun 15					Mon 16					Tue 17					Wed 18					Thu 19
Time	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	2–3	2–3	2–3	2–3	2–3	3–4	4–6	7–10	8–11	6–8	3–5	3–5	3–4	3–4	2–3	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	2–3	2–3	2–3	2–3	2–3	2–3	1–2	1–2
Swell	8s	8s	9s	9s	9s	12s	5s	6s	6s	5s	7s	8s	8s	8s	8s	3s	4s	3s	3s	7s	11s	12s	11s	11s	3s	4s	4s	4s	4s	4s
Wind mph	15	18	16	17	16	7	14	17	19	19	12	8	9	8	15	21	20	20	19	19	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	13	12
Tide m	1.4↑	2.0↑	1.7↓	1.2↓	1.3↑	1.3↑	1.8↑	1.8↓	1.4↓	1.2↑	1.2↑	1.6↑	1.9↑	1.6↓	1.2↓	1.2↓	1.4↑	1.8↑	1.8↓	1.3↓	1.2↓	1.2↑	1.7↑	1.9↓	1.4↓	1.3↓	1.1↑	1.6↑	2.0↓	1.5↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Whiterocks faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Portrush 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 Tuesday 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

Whiterocks faces north. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from W round to NE; 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.

NW: 0.9 m at 7 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
S: 0.1 m at 2 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %