Bantham Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.27° N 3.88° W

Bantham 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Bantham sea temperature is
17.3°C
1.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Bantham today (15 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 3AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Mon night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu morning).

Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.7
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.9
W
4
1
W
4
0.5
W
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.9
WSW
8
0.9
WSW
8
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
11
0.8
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
5
1.4
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
6
1.1
WSW
7
1
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
39
59
22
28
37
32
50
94
125
163
191
210
173
93
91
153
191
59
107
90
132
114
94
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
8:35AM4.62m
8:50PM4.54m
9:05AM4.40m
9:23PM4.24m
9:39AM4.13m
9:59PM3.89m
Low Tide
2:42AM0.04m
2:58PM0.19m
3:14AM0.37m
3:31PM0.53m
3:46AM0.75m
4:04PM0.92m
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clear
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clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:50
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:28
7:25
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
17
17
18
18
16
15
15
14
13
14
15
16
15
14
15
16
16
16
17
16
15
15
Feels °C
16
16
14
13
12
12
11
12
12
11
10
10
10
11
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
9
9
10
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