Barmouth surfForecast / Wales – Mid / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
16.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Barmouth today?

The current surf forecast for Barmouth at 1AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (19 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)677788999779999999885555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141240231237216206210199199145828353533930191928181517128
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
E
5
E
15
SW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
5
N
10
NE
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassglassoncrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
4.25
7:28AM
4.22
7:44PM
4.62
8:09AM
4.52
8:24PM
4.92
8:46AM
4.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:47PM
1.53
2:24AM
1.10
2:39PM
1.29
3:11AM
0.90
3:22PM
1.12
3:50AM
0.80
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:56-------6:58--
Sunset-7:24-------7:22-------7:20------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------146323-2----
Temp. °C171717171616171818171615151516151412121211111013
Feels °C (?)131313141314151414151615161515141189119757
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - Mid

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Barmouth (calm at Machynlleth 18 km from Barmouth). 1.8m 7s swell from the SW with a 0.4m 11s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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ESE
0.0
16.3
Air / Water (°C)
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