Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Bantham today (17 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Bantham at 10AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Bantham. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 11 | W 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 69 | 111 | 97 | 132 | 193 | 90 | 205 | 218 | 661 | 852 | 101 | 99 | 61 | 95 | 111 | 119 | 108 | 90 | 75 | 79 | 102 | 97 | 81 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:39AM4.13m | 9:59PM3.89m | 10:19AM3.80m | 10:46PM3.54m | 11:17AM3.49m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:04PM0.92m | 4:19AM1.15m | 4:41PM1.31m | 4:57AM1.53m | 5:27PM1.69m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | | |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:21 | — |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Feels °C | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | — | WSW 9 | — | — | WSW 11 | WSW 8 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | — | — | WSW 12 | S 16 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | S 16 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 |
| kJ | — | — | 19 | 35 | — | 90 | — | — | 198 | 69 | 101 | 99 | — | — | 29 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 48 | 41 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | — | — | S 14 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | W 5 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 11 | W 13 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 |
| kJ | 69 | 111 | 97 | 132 | 193 | 29 | 205 | 218 | 661 | 852 | 69 | 69 | 61 | 95 | 111 | 119 | 108 | 90 | 75 | 79 | 102 | 97 | 81 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 176 | 176 | 459 | 222 | 222 | 222 | 143 | 143 | 176 | 165 | 177 | 228 | 228 | 228 | 176 | 176 | 176 | 165 | 176 | 228 | 228 | 113 | 176 |
Best forecast wave conditions in South Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Bantham surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest