Poole - Shore Road, Sandbanks (Beach) (Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) weather

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Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.

Head to a lifeguarded beach; check the RNLI lifeguarded beach tool
Follow RNLI Float to Live advice if you find yourself struggling in the water
Know what to do if you get caught in a rip current (RNLI)
Check the tide times to avoid getting cut off by the tide coming in
Call 999 and ask for the coastguard in an emergency
Learn more about staying safe at the beach

Risk of rip currents

Rip currents can occur on any beach but this beach has a greater risk of rips. Take care in the water.

What to do if you get caught in a rip (RNLI)

Weather forecast Beach forecast

Forecast days

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 13° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 9° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:16

Sunset: 20:01

Sunny intervals changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

🏖️ Beach safety today:
Enjoy the beach but be aware that the wind may affect your control of direction

• Beginner paddleboarders/kayakers should go on the water with an instructor or a more experienced person • novice surfers seek expert advice

Tide: Next low tide (0.7m) at 05:38

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Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 13° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 9° Celsius;
Tue 15 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:14

Sunset: 20:03

Cloudy.

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Tue 15 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;
Wed 16 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:11

Sunset: 20:05

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

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Wed 16 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;
Thu 17 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:09

Sunset: 20:06

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

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Thu 17 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7° Celsius;
Fri 18 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:07

Sunset: 20:08

Light rain changing to cloudy by early evening.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Fri 18 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7° Celsius;
Sat 19 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:05

Sunset: 20:09

Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by late morning.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Sat 19 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 14° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;
Sun 20 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 8° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:03

Sunset: 20:11

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Sun 20 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 8° Celsius;
Mon 21 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:01

Sunset: 20:13

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Mon 21 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius;

Sunny intervals changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 06:16

Sunset: 20:01

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8 day forecast for Poole - Shore Road, Sandbanks (Beach)

Today (14 April 2025)

Time	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	20%	30%	10%	30%	20%	20%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	10%	10%	40%	50%	50%	50%	60%	50%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	8°	8°	9°	10°	10°	11°	11°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	12°	11°	11°	10°
Feels like temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°	7°	7°	8°	8°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSW 7	SSW 7	S 9	S 10	S 11	S 13	S 15	S 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11
Wind gust (mph)	12	12	14	15	17	21	23	25	25	25	23	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	16	15	14
Visibility (description)	VG	E	E	E	E	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G	G	VG
Humidity	84%	84%	84%	85%	86%	85%	86%	86%	85%	85%	85%	85%	86%	87%	87%	88%	88%	90%	89%	91%	91%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Period of waves offshore (s)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Direction of waves offshore

Tuesday (15 April 2025)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	40%	30%	20%	20%	10%	10%	20%	20%	20%	30%	30%	30%	40%	30%	30%	30%	40%	40%	40%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Temperature (°C)	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	10°	11°	12°	12°	12°	13°	13°	12°	12°	12°	11°	10°	10°	9°	8°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	8°	8°	7°	7°	6°	5°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 8	E 8	E 9	ESE 11	SE 11	SE 12	SE 13	S 13	SSW 15	WSW 16	WSW 18	W 19	W 18	W 16	W 15	W 14	W 14
Wind gust (mph)	14	12	11	9	9	9	10	12	13	13	14	16	15	17	17	21	24	27	26	24	20	18	15	17
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Humidity	92%	92%	93%	93%	93%	94%	94%	94%	93%	93%	92%	92%	91%	91%	88%	86%	85%	83%	83%	82%	82%	82%	83%	82%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	11	10	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	11	11	12	13	13	15	16	18	19	18	16	15	14	14
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4
Period of waves offshore (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Direction of waves offshore

Wednesday (16 April 2025)

Time	00:00	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	40%	40%	40%	30%	10%	10%	20%	30%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	6°	5°	9°	12°	13°	11°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	4°	3°	2°	1°	6°	9°	10°	9°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	W 14	W 14	W 16	W 14	WSW 14	SW 17	SW 16	SW 12	SW 8
Wind gust (mph)	17	17	19	17	21	25	23	14	9
Visibility (description)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Humidity	82%	83%	84%	82%	70%	62%	62%	65%	76%
UV	-	-	-	1	3	5	2	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	14	14	16	14	14	17	16	12	8
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Period of waves offshore (s)	4	8	2	2	2	4	4	3	3
Direction of waves offshore

Thursday (17 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	20%	30%
Temperature (°C)	7°	6°	6°	11°	13°	13°	12°	10°
Feels like temperature (°C)	4°	3°	3°	9°	10°	11°	10°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	W 8	SE 10	SSE 9	S 11	SSE 12	S 12	S 10	SSE 10
Wind gust (mph)	10	12	14	19	20	19	12	8
Visibility (description)	E	E	E	E	E	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	78%	80%	82%	77%	73%	73%	75%	81%
UV	-	-	1	3	5	2	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	8	10	9	11	12	12	10	11
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	–	–	–
Period of waves offshore (s)	3	4	5	4	8	–	–	–
Direction of waves offshore

Friday (18 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	40%	50%	50%	60%	60%	60%	50%	40%
Temperature (°C)	9°	8°	8°	11°	12°	13°	12°	10°
Feels like temperature (°C)	7°	5°	5°	8°	9°	10°	9°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SE 11	SE 12	SE 14	SE 16	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 15	SE 14
Wind gust (mph)	12	16	20	24	22	20	19	18
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G
Humidity	83%	86%	90%	91%	88%	90%	89%	88%
UV	-	-	1	2	3	1	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	11	12	13	15	16	16	15	13
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.3	–	–	–	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2
Period of waves offshore (s)	4	–	–	–	5	5	5	5
Direction of waves offshore

Saturday (19 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%
Temperature (°C)	9°	8°	8°	11°	13°	13°	12°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)	6°	5°	5°	8°	10°	11°	10°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 13	W 13	SE 12	NW 14	SW 15	SW 15	W 14	W 13
Wind gust (mph)	18	17	16	17	19	19	16	16
Visibility (description)	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	88%	87%	87%	82%	77%	76%	77%	80%
UV	-	-	1	3	4	2	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	12	13	11	13	15	15	14	12
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.1	–	–	–	0.2	–	–	–
Period of waves offshore (s)	4	–	–	–	7	–	–	–
Direction of waves offshore						–	–	–

Sunday (20 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	20%	20%	20%	20%	30%	30%	20%	30%
Temperature (°C)	8°	8°	8°	11°	13°	13°	12°	10°
Feels like temperature (°C)	5°	4°	5°	8°	10°	11°	10°	8°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 12	SW 12	S 12	SSE 15	SSE 15	S 15	SSE 14	SE 13
Wind gust (mph)	16	17	19	18	20	18	17	17
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	83%	84%	84%	84%	82%	83%	84%	84%
UV	-	-	1	2	4	2	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Height of waves offshore (m)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Period of waves offshore (s)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Direction of waves offshore	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Monday (21 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	30%	40%	40%	30%	30%	20%
Temperature (°C)	10°	9°	9°	11°	13°	14°	13°
Feels like temperature (°C)	7°	6°	6°	8°	10°	12°	11°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SE 13
Wind gust (mph)	18	19	17	19	20	19	17
Visibility (description)	G	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	84%	85%	87%	85%	85%	85%	86%
UV	-	-	1	3	4	2	1
Wind direction and speed (mph)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Height of waves offshore (m)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Period of waves offshore (s)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Direction of waves offshore	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Tide times

Monday 14 April


	Time (UTC+1)

Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 1.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

Tide times

Monday 14 April


	Time (UTC+1)

Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 1.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

Tide times

Monday 14 April


	Time (UTC+1)

Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 1.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

Tide times

Monday 14 April


	Time (UTC+1)

Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 1.2 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

News

Wind and rain marking a change in the UK weather

Warnings have been issued as the weather across the UK becomes increasingly mild but wet and windy.

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WARNING

Flood alerts in force for England

Environment Agency

South West England weather forecast

Headline:

A cooler week ahead with showers at times.

This Evening and Tonight:

A few passing showers remain possible this evening but most places becoming dry. Mainly dry overnight with clear periods, but an increasing chance of heavy showers in Cornwall later in the night. A chilly night with a local rural frost. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Monday:

Largely dry for many with bright or sunny spells at times. However, heavy showers are likely in western counties, with more prolonged rain developing across Cornwall. Breezy southerly winds. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Staying changeable with a chance of showers or longer spells of rain at times. Some drier and sunnier periods also likely. Temperatures around average though feeling cooler than of late.

Updated: 17:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 13 Apr 2025

UK long range weather forecast

Mixed conditions across the UK at the start of this period and the first weekend. Showers or longer spells of rain are likely across many regions, these heavy at times with a risk of hail and thunder, perhaps accompanied by strong winds. Some drier and brighter interludes are also likely at times, but probably with large amounts of cloud. Temperatures will likely be near normal overall. Into the following week, a similar pattern is likely at first with unsettled conditions at times with a risk of some heavy rain or showers. Later in the week settled weather is expected to become more prevalent, with more in the way of dry, sunny weather developing. Temperatures will probably be around normal or slightly above.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Sun 13 Apr 2025

Poole - Shore Road, Sandbanks (Beach) (Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) weather

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Tuesday 15 April

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Tuesday 15 April

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Tuesday 15 April

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Wednesday 16 April

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Wednesday 16 April

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Thursday 17 April

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Thursday 17 April

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Friday 18 April

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Saturday 19 April

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Monday 21 April