Bigbury Bay Surf Forecast

/ Devon (South) (16 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Bigbury Bay surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 BST

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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 14.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Bigbury Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Bigbury Bay at 11AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Evening (16 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 16							Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	S	S	S	W	WSW	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	15	16	16	16	13	8	4	4	5	5	5	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	44	67	57	36	26	23	11	10	9	9	4	6	5	5	3	7	14	18	31	44	41	38	37	34
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:28AM 3.37				2:54PM 3.65				3:43AM 3.56				3:59PM 3.85					4:36AM 3.81				4:45PM 4.07
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28AM 1.62				9:20PM 1.29				9:45AM 1.34					10:18PM 0.97				10:37AM 1.00				11:01PM 0.67

	Thursday 16							Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	10	10	10	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13
Feels °C (?)	5	5	5	8	9	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	8	8	7	7	9	11	9	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (South)

Wind Update light winds from the NE at Plymouth- Mount Batten mean that it is offshore at Bigbury Bay. 0.5m 13s groundswell from the W with a 0.3m 10s swell, also from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
4 hours 17 minutes ago Bigbury Bay

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