Bantham Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.27° N 3.88° W

Bantham 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bantham sea temperature is
18.8° 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 (19 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 3PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (19 Aug)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (19 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Wed afternoon, calm by Fri morning).

Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
WSW
7
0.2
W
10
1
W
4
1.1
WSW
5
1
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
7
1.1
WSW
7
1.1
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
9
1.3
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
9
1
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
9
0.8
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.4
WSW
8
0.5
W
8
0.4
W
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
31
9
36
59
55
99
125
186
222
268
222
188
161
124
98
65
45
43
28
35
7
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
30
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
10
S
5
SW
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:30AM4.04m
10:49PM3.92m
11:14AM3.76m
11:39PM3.59m
12:11PM3.51m
Low Tide
4:42PM0.97m
5:02AM1.15m
5:22PM1.37m
5:44AM1.54m
6:15PM1.73m
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:11
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:27
8:24
8:23
 mm
1
1
3
2
Temp °C
18
20
20
19
17
17
16
16
18
19
19
18
15
13
13
13
15
16
16
17
14
Feels °C
15
15
13
14
13
13
11
12
13
14
14
13
12
10
11
12
14
15
15
13
10
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