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Sidmouth surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 GMT
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Sidmouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sidmouth sea temperature is
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Sidmouth today?

The current surf forecast for Sidmouth at 8AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (28 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
1.3
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
1
SSW
1.9
SW
2.5
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313121212181218171717566666121281218718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2537234227339206327199106764450961451721722382307723556126923456072120
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
10
S
20
SSE
45
SE
25
SE
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
2.84
1:32PM
2.75
2:33AM
2.78
3:26PM
2.73
4:14AM
2.97
4:55PM
2.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
0.89
6:52AM
1.10
7:37PM
1.04
8:28AM
1.09
9:03PM
1.00
9:48AM
0.89
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----7:54-------7:52-------7:52---
Sunset------4:57-------4:58-------5:00-
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--1---1-----1--87---324
Temp. °C777779988888888988888898
Feels °C (?)444445543321101216554-143
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