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Barmouth surfForecast / Wales – Mid / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 26 Jan 2026 GMT
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Barmouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barmouth sea temperature is
7.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Barmouth today?

The current surf forecast for Barmouth at 11AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (26 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
2.5
SSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)1413121111899991010121313131212111111111312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1831209885346481835643981421805281725841821939509341268278219281275
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
60
ESE
55
ESE
40
SSE
40
S
45
S
30
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
4.17
1:10PM
4.34
1:38AM
3.94
2:16PM
4.06
2:52AM
3.80
3:39PM
3.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54AM
1.59
8:40PM
1.57
9:10AM
1.75
9:53PM
1.68
10:29AM
1.74
11:05PM
1.65
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
Sunrise--8:07-------8:07-------8:04-----
Sunset----4:49-------4:51-------4:52---
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cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C6556666678108876654477555
Feels °C (?)20-100-1-4-5-6-32-1-20121-1-133000
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