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Bigbury Bay surf break

Bigbury Bay surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Bigbury Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bigbury Bay sea temperature is
10.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bigbury Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Bigbury Bay at 2AM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.5
SW
2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)161615151414141313121212111111111010101211111918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)237929071833205518631443105283466948636112322715114945976968358482171449
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
3.97
4:58PM
3.90
5:19AM
4.20
5:40PM
4.08
5:58AM
4.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
1.12
11:00AM
0.96
11:13PM
0.84
11:37AM
0.67
11:49PM
0.58
12:12PM
0.42
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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Sunset------4:43-------4:44-------4:45-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C999991010998888910101010101010101010
Feels °C (?)455445665443468877778978
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