Sidmouth Surf Forecast

/ Devon (South) (16 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Sidmouth surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST

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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 16.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Sidmouth today?

The current surf forecast for Sidmouth at 7PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	4 AM	7 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	W	S	S	W	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	10	5	5	10	16	16	9	9	15	4	5	7	6	6	6	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	48	55	44	30	15	6	5	8	10	5	5	2	5	5	2	8	5	24	143	621	202	31	12	9
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	S	S	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SW	WSW	W	WSW	SW	SW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)				5:34PM 3.01				6:09AM 3.00				6:23PM 3.32				6:49AM 3.27					7:01PM 3.56
Low Tide / height (m)		10:37AM 1.20				11:17PM 0.90				11:27AM 0.92				11:56PM 0.62				12:05PM 0.66				12:30AM 0.38

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	17	16	16	15	15	16	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	16	14	12	12	12	12
Feels °C (?)	14	15	16	15	14	15	14	15	15	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	12	11	9	9	9	10	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (South)

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Sidmouth (moderate winds from the SSW at Exeter Airport 13 km from Sidmouth). 1.3m 5s windswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 12s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 34 minutes ago Sidmouth

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1 h 34 min ago

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