Bantham Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.27° N 3.88° W

Bantham 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 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):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 10PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 29). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (29 Sep)5ft (1.5m)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 Thu morning).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
!
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
1.5
SSW
7
2.5
SW
9
3
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.4
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
3
SW
11
3
SW
11
2.3
SW
11
2.2
SW
11
2.1
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
2
SW
14
1.9
SW
14
1.6
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
52
48
204
1202
1942
1552
1388
1429
1473
1983
1802
1132
1060
991
716
1537
1292
947
769
Wind (km/h)
35
SE
30
S
35
S
45
SSE
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
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
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
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7:13
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7:13
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6:59
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6:57
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6:54
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 mm
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1
2
5
7
1
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1
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1
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Temp °C
20
20
18
18
16
16
17
17
17
15
15
15
14
14
15
15
16
15
16
Feels °C
16
16
14
12
11
12
12
11
11
11
12
12
11
11
13
12
12
12
13
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