Bantham surf break

Bantham surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
10.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bantham today?

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 7PM is: 3.5m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (24 Jan)11ft (3.5m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
!
!
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)1015141716161615141414171616151413131212991016
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2870359541197201690355833981314322471812178747764242294422951811126111095492785054994881953
Wind
(km/h)
55
SSE
35
S
35
SSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
25
SSW
40
S
20
SW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
20
ESE
10
NE
10
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
4.60
9:07PM
4.27
9:23AM
4.44
9:54PM
4.13
10:15AM
4.20
10:51PM
3.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:14PM
0.21
3:30AM
0.47
3:58PM
0.46
4:17AM
0.74
4:48PM
0.77
5:15AM
1.04
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise8:00-------7:58-------7:58-------
Sunset--4:53-------4:55-------4:57-----
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
58411-262---------452---
Temp. °C99999998788877879988101099
Feels °C (?)-212113135666334242006865
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