Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Sidmouth today (18 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 17s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Sidmouth at 9AM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 4s |
| Afternoon (18 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 17s |
| Evening (18 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 4s |
Table - waves today at Sidmouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | S 16 | S 17 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 2 | SW 16 | S 16 | S 15 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | S 15 | WSW 3 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | S 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:36PM3.61m | 10:56AM3.36m | 11:08PM3.32m | 11:27AM3.12m | 11:39PM3.01m | 11:59AM2.87m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:04AM0.33m | 4:17PM0.54m | 4:37AM0.60m | 4:53PM0.82m | 5:12AM0.91m | 5:32PM1.12m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | | |  | | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:23 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 14 |
Feels °C | 14 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 6 | — | SW 6 | SW 6 | — | — | — | SSW 4 | — | — | S 16 | S 15 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | — | W 7 | SW 6 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 16 | S 17 | — | — | — | W 6 | — | SW 16 | W 7 | S 15 | — | — | SW 16 | — | — | — | S 14 | — | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 14 | S 14 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | — | SW 2 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 3 | WSW 3 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | WNW 2 | NW 2 | NW 3 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 279 | 313 | 116 | 254 | 495 | 879 | 279 | 96 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 217 | 167 | 279 | 329 | 96 | 222 | 222 | 112 | 112 | 150 | 313 | 93 | 65 |
Best forecast wave conditions in South Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Sidmouth surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest