Bolt Head Surf Forecast

/ Devon (South) (16 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Bolt Head surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

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

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Bolt Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Bolt Head sea temperature is 14.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Bolt Head today?

The current surf forecast for Bolt Head at 9AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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 Bolt Head. (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	0	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	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	44	67	57	36	26	23	11	10	9	9	6	9	11	12	15	12	13	17	29	40	36	22	35	32
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:03AM 2.74				3:33PM 2.99					4:32AM 2.94				4:48PM 3.20				5:27AM 3.21				5:37PM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)			8:56AM 1.51				9:51PM 1.18					10:11AM 1.26				10:44PM 0.91				10:59AM 0.97				11:23PM 0.64

	Thursday 16							Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun 19
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	11	10	11	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	14
Feels °C (?)	6	5	5	7	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	6	7	9	12	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (South)

Wind Update light winds from the NE at Cardinham Automatic Weather Station mean that is clean at Bolt Head. 0.4m 13s groundswell from the W with a 0.4m 10s swell, also from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
5 hours 32 minutes ago Bolt Head

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