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Harlech surfForecast / Wales – Mid / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 GMT
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Harlech surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Harlech sea temperature is
7.1° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Harlech today?

The current surf forecast for Harlech at 10AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
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
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010105678888999171716887899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40402625254487139169151117927071605727512577869910793
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
0
W
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
3.07
5:48AM
3.21
6:10PM
3.24
6:32AM
3.45
6:52PM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49AM
1.50
12:19AM
1.40
12:53PM
1.30
1:11AM
1.21
1:40PM
1.07
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--8:22-------8:21-------8:19-----
Sunset----4:28-------4:30-------4:30---
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----121111-1----1--11--
Temp. °C655665587777776556678765
Feels °C (?)31010-1-132234653101111110
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