Bantham surf break

Bantham surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
10.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bantham today?

The current surf forecast for Bantham at 9AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
!
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
3.5
W
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
S
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121312121212121111111166888910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)220114681141107492912021264145735331299919722518393329273176148273636716107017311822
Wind
(km/h)
55
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
10
N
5
NNW
5
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
35
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
4.33
10:00PM
3.93
10:15AM
4.05
10:46PM
3.74
11:03AM
3.78
11:38PM
3.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45PM
0.65
3:58AM
0.96
4:27PM
1.00
4:43AM
1.30
5:14PM
1.33
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise--8:12-------8:11-------8:11-----
Sunset----4:30-------4:32-------4:34---
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
11------1---------22154-
Temp. °C67777766565666789981112131212
Feels °C (?)-6-3-2-3-3-2-2-2-2024432210-245454
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

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 locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest