Bournemouth Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Live NOAA data · Updated 2026-08-26
Bournemouth is most often good on a 6 ft+ medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with strong wind from the NW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region. It's a break best left to experienced surfers. Right now the nearest buoy reads about — @ — from the —.

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Best conditions for Bournemouth

Bournemouth is most often good on a 6 ft+ medium-period (8–16s) swell from the W, with strong wind from the NW, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.

Ideal wave height6 ft+
Ideal periodmedium-period (8–16s)
Best swell directionW
Best windstrong wind from the NW
Best tidehigh & incoming

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-26 10:10 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy. A multi-day forecast for this spot is coming soon; for now these readings update continuously.

Wave height
Dominant period
Swell direction
Wave buoyNDBC station 44007 (5040 km away)
Wind8 kt from the SSE — NDBC 62103 (116 km away)

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8410140 (EASTPORT), the nearest tide station (4746 km away). Times local.

Bournemouth tide chart for 2026-08-26 Predicted tide height in feet over two days, with high and low markers. 12a6a12p6p12a6a12p6p 17.8ft3:25a1.3ft9:51a17.0ft3:55p2.6ft10:10p17.6ft4:11a1.4ft10:36a17.3ft4:42p2.5ft10:59pNow1.317.6

Frequently asked

Is Bournemouth good for beginners?

Bournemouth is best suited to experienced surfers — it's most often good on larger 6 ft+ surf that breaks with more power than beginners should take on. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for Bournemouth?

Bournemouth tends to be best on a high incoming tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for Bournemouth?

The best swell direction for Bournemouth is from the west (W). Swell arriving from the west lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Bournemouth?

Bournemouth is most often good with strong wind from the northwest (NW) — the wind LazySurfer surfers logged on their best-rated sessions here. Wind direction grooms or chops the wave face, so check the live report for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Bournemouth come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 44007) and the nearest NOAA tide station (EASTPORT). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Bournemouth is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

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