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Harlech surfForecast / Wales – Mid / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 30 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
6.8° C
 (Which is 1.4°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: 1.7m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)19s
Afternoon (30 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)17s
Evening (30 Jan)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
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
2
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)121219171716161615151516161615141414131210101012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9391701169615991081733463439439451859129492642833022316314712567466054
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
15
ENE
10
N
10
NW
10
W
15
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
E
10
ENE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrossglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:31AM
3.64
6:03PM
3.70
6:29AM
4.00
6:57PM
3.95
7:19AM
4.35
7:45PM
4.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
0.81
1:28AM
0.77
1:59PM
0.44
2:17AM
0.50
2:46PM
0.16
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--8:03-------8:00-------8:00-----
Sunset----4:55-------4:58-------5:00---
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
121---42221111-----1----
Temp. °C565787777778877778888876
Feels °C (?)-201342134545333445666742
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