Bantham Surf Forecast

/ Devon (South) (16 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (50.27° N 3.88° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Bantham surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 28 Aug 2025 BST

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Bantham surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Bantham sea temperature is 17.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bantham today?

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 9PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (28 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s
Evening (28 Aug)	6ft (1.8m)	12s

Table - waves today at Bantham. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Thursday 28			Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	SW	SW	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	11	11	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	7	8	8	9	10	10	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	878	864	908	382	1672	1445	316	292	389	506	461	1280	349	253	260	409	505	731	625	645	891	1243	1655	2044
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	W	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 4.36				9:41AM 4.17				9:56PM 4.09					10:15AM 3.93				10:34PM 3.79				10:58AM 3.66
Low Tide / height (m)	3:26PM 0.49				3:43AM 0.60				3:57PM 0.77					4:14AM 0.92				4:30PM 1.10				4:48AM 1.25

	Thursday 28			Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	1	5	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	18	17	15	14	16	15	16	18	19	18	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	17	17
Feels °C (?)	12	12	10	13	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	11	13	11	10	10	10	11	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (South)

Wind Update light winds from the SW at Cardinham Automatic Weather Station imply that is on-shore at Bantham. 2.0m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
52 minutes ago Bantham

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