Dawlish Warren surf break

Dawlish Warren surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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Dawlish Warren surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dawlish Warren sea temperature is
9.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Dawlish Warren today?

The current surf forecast for Dawlish Warren at 9AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.3
WSW
0.6
SE
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.6
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1615557777744114101044444418174
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4635302298888611231422201167856121110
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
0
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
20
SSE
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:52AM
3.14
6:14PM
3.06
6:30AM
3.39
6:51PM
3.26
7:06AM
3.61
7:26PM
3.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
0.85
11:32PM
0.75
11:59AM
0.63
12:06AM
0.56
12:33PM
0.43
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:07-------8:06-------8:04-----
Sunset----4:39-------4:40-------4:43---
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11---------1-231-1111---
Temp. °C87899888777899991010101010999
Feels °C (?)535565554446887678788653
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