Croyde Reef surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 GMT
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Croyde Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Croyde Reef sea temperature is
8.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Croyde Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Croyde Reef at 1PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
4
4
5
0
0
3
2
1
1
1
4
7
5
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.6
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
3
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)13121313139121016181616151414141313131717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15321100888590604322461352823397639503924347427722125157691967952258188288684552994161
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
35
ESE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
5
SE
25
W
20
SW
20
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
45
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
8.37
7:57PM
8.10
8:15AM
8.43
8:34PM
8.08
8:51AM
8.34
9:12PM
7.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
0.77
1:47PM
0.70
1:58AM
0.70
2:21PM
0.67
2:32AM
0.74
2:56PM
0.76
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise--8:08-------8:07-------8:06-----
Sunset----4:46-------4:49-------4:51---
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-12-21-----11---25------
Temp. °C67101211101099989886787677777
Feels °C (?)0-13546445547331-100-1-2-1-1-2-3
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