Bigbury Bay surf break

Bigbury Bay surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 BST
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Bigbury Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bigbury Bay sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Bigbury Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Bigbury Bay at 9AM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Afternoon (21 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (21 Aug)1ft (0.3m)14s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313131316151413131212121111111010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)71010101836354651638881697972696043424541403842
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
ESE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
NE
5
E
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
3.82
5:27PM
4.17
6:00AM
4.07
6:14PM
4.44
6:40AM
4.28
6:51PM
4.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10AM
0.86
11:40PM
0.56
11:57AM
0.53
12:23AM
0.26
12:38PM
0.27
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:22-------8:20--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141216181717161616151719192117171616171918181817
Feels °C (?)11913161414131414141616151714151415161817181715
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (South)

  1. weather stationWind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Bigbury Bay (light winds from the ENE at Plymouth- Mount Batten 18 km from Bigbury Bay). 0.3m 6s windswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.

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18 km away, 1 h 31 min ago

11 km/h
ENE
0.0
17.3
Air / Water (°C)
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