Croyde surf break

Croyde surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Croyde surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Croyde sea temperature is
8.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Croyde today?

The current surf forecast for Croyde at 8PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
!
!
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)151515151414141313131212121111111010101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)268632953251281724882027154112881156980692589411314254245184139133104131131131187
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
E
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
WSW
0
W
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:53PM
6.68
5:14AM
7.02
5:34PM
7.10
5:53AM
7.47
6:12PM
7.47
6:29AM
7.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:02PM
1.99
11:26AM
1.77
11:42PM
1.59
12:05PM
1.39
12:18AM
1.24
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------8:11-------8:11-------8:11-
Sunset4:38-------4:40-------4:42-------
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-1-------------12252561
Temp. °C9877666910877677788899999
Feels °C (?)222211156434234466776888
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