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Sidmouth surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 29 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
8.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Sidmouth today?

The current surf forecast for Sidmouth at 12PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (29 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
0.8
SW
1.3
WSW
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.8
SE
1.3
SW
1.2
SE
1.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SSW
1
SW
0.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SW
1.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)51616666126128121818717101615181717161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1173267492061392074271098057827863538326321913502111471922382301578076
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
30
SSE
35
SSE
5
SSW
35
WNW
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
2.78
3:26PM
2.73
4:14AM
2.97
4:55PM
2.95
5:23AM
3.30
5:55PM
3.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
1.09
9:03PM
1.00
9:48AM
0.89
10:11PM
0.81
10:49AM
0.62
11:05PM
0.58
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:52-------7:52-------7:50-----
Sunset----4:58-------5:00-------5:01---
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11111252---2625---1-----
Temp. °C88889998888898677781010878
Feels °C (?)11112234323126-2102376534
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