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Harlech surfForecast / Wales – Mid / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 27 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 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Harlech today?

The current surf forecast for Harlech at 4AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (28 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
4
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121211111111111010101012121291218171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)182912417224362781951821571571821721851301027915794966119970515891361969
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
3.25
3:39PM
3.36
4:21AM
3.36
4:58PM
3.47
5:31AM
3.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26PM
1.27
10:09AM
1.35
11:07PM
1.26
11:51AM
1.16
12:28AM
1.06
1:03PM
0.81
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----8:06-------8:03-------8:03---
Sunset------4:52-------4:53-------4:55-
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1----------------31----1
Temp. °C876658865554577777666876
Feels °C (?)01221442110-1-110-1-1012241-2
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