Bantham Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.27° N 3.88° W

Bantham 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bantham sea temperature is
17.5°C
1.9° 

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 (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 4AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (26 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (26 Sep)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun afternoon).

Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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)
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WSW
14
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
12
0.6
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
11
0.5
WSW
11
0.5
WSW
11
0.5
W
10
1.2
SSW
5
1.8
WSW
10
1.1
SW
7
1
SW
7
0.9
SW
7
0.5
WSW
12
0.5
WSW
12
0.5
WSW
12
0.5
WSW
12
0.5
WSW
12
0.5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
415
331
242
169
164
161
119
98
98
97
68
64
56
69
653
118
85
75
85
82
82
81
79
77
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
5
N
5
NE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:05AM4.46m
6:16PM4.75m
6:35AM4.70m
6:46PM4.93m
7:05AM4.85m
7:17PM5.00m
Low Tide
00:03AM0.23m
12:17PM0.20m
00:37AM-0.08m
12:52PM-0.07m
1:12AM-0.27m
1:28PM-0.23m
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Temp °C
14
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Feels °C
11
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11
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