Bantham Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.27° N 3.88° W

Bantham 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bantham sea temperature is
17.4°C
2.0° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 3PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (29 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (29 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Tue night, light winds from the W by Wed night).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
WSW
11
0.4
WSW
11
0.4
WSW
11
0.8
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
1
S
5
1.7
SSW
7
2.4
SW
9
3
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.4
SW
11
2.4
SW
11
2.4
SW
11
3
SW
10
2.3
SW
10
2.2
SW
10
2.1
SW
10
2
SW
10
1.8
SW
11
2.1
SW
14
1.9
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
68
46
37
28
35
53
249
963
1906
1652
1388
1274
1316
1768
1111
1020
893
831
690
1657
1418
1058
769
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
25
S
30
SSE
45
SSE
20
W
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
7:35AM4.91m
7:50PM4.95m
8:08AM4.86m
8:26PM4.78m
8:44AM4.68m
9:06PM4.49m
Low Tide
2:05PM-0.25m
2:25AM-0.22m
2:44PM-0.13m
3:04AM0.03m
3:26PM0.14m
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1
1
4
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5
1
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Temp °C
17
17
17
18
20
20
17
18
15
16
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
13
14
13
15
16
17
13
12
12
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
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