Bantham Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.27° N 3.88° W

Bantham 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bantham sea temperature is
18.6° C
1.7° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 1PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (20 Aug)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (20 Aug)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
1
0
1
1
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)
1.2
WSW
8
1.2
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
9
1.6
W
9
0.9
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
5
0.3
WSW
8
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
15
0.3
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
163
199
208
213
218
216
425
124
90
65
45
43
28
24
9
14
24
22
18
9
9
8
8
Wind (km/h)
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
5
ENE
5
S
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
E
15
SE
5
NW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
11:14AM3.76m
11:39PM3.59m
12:11PM3.51m
00:45AM3.34m
1:25PM3.34m
Low Tide
5:02AM1.15m
5:22PM1.37m
5:44AM1.54m
6:15PM1.73m
6:49AM1.86m
7:55PM1.95m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:11
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:24
8:23
8:21
 mm
2
4
2
Temp °C
16
16
17
19
19
18
15
13
13
13
16
16
16
16
14
14
14
14
16
17
17
17
18
Feels °C
11
12
12
14
13
13
12
10
11
11
15
15
15
14
11
12
11
10
12
13
14
16
15
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