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Harlech surfForecast / Wales – Mid / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 13 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 1PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1
SSW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)11111111101010101010105688888991817178
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3171051497673514040402525521092041871404690686160582826
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
S
0
E
5
E
5
E
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
2.97
4:54AM
3.02
5:20PM
3.07
5:48AM
3.21
6:10PM
3.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
1.58
11:04PM
1.50
11:49AM
1.50
12:19AM
1.40
12:53PM
1.30
1:11AM
1.21
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise8:22-------8:22-------8:21-------
Sunset--4:25-------4:28-------4:30-----
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
22----------22111-------
Temp. °C967655554555577667766655
Feels °C (?)52322221-10-1-1-103124534310
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