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Harlech surfForecast / Wales – Mid / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 31 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
6.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Harlech today?

The current surf forecast for Harlech at 3PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
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
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)16161616151414141313121212171716991588111014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49980360446335333034216314710993150119101545131242367111019
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
10
SSE
15
SW
15
SW
30
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
ESE
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
30
E
35
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
4.00
6:57PM
3.95
7:19AM
4.35
7:45PM
4.15
8:05AM
4.62
8:29PM
4.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59PM
0.44
2:17AM
0.50
2:46PM
0.16
3:00AM
0.31
3:29PM
-0.01
3:38AM
0.21
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise8:00-------8:00-------7:58-------
Sunset--4:58-------5:00-------5:01-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
33211---2531-----------1
Temp. °C778887787666666667776666
Feels °C (?)334553444-132444311-10-2-1-2-3
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