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Barricane surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 BST
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Barricane surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barricane sea temperature is
10.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Barricane today?

The current surf forecast for Barricane at 2PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)101099914131312121212111111111010101616161012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)684745282816315547716741393821211888105523
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
45
E
50
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
40
E
30
E
25
ESE
25
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
9.32
8:58PM
9.17
9:24AM
8.90
9:41PM
8.72
10:10AM
8.31
10:30PM
8.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
0.62
2:39PM
0.76
2:59AM
0.94
3:20PM
1.22
3:44AM
1.46
4:06PM
1.82
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:07------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:21-------8:22--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C989101112109656101112107668111312108
Feels °C (?)43446754-2-4-32330-4-4-4-126641
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