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Preston Beach surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 GMT
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Preston Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Preston Beach sea temperature is
9.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Preston Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Preston Beach at 3AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (04 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (04 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
E
1.1
S
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.1
E
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SE
1.8
SE
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)665566667777766666666655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1695212214821627537346966245627811794172122247809788321585
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
45
E
45
ESE
40
ESE
30
SSE
25
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
ESE
40
ESE
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58PM
3.81
8:09AM
4.13
8:32PM
3.79
8:43AM
4.05
9:04PM
3.70
9:14AM
3.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:12AM
0.09
1:39PM
-0.06
1:49AM
0.10
2:15PM
0.01
2:24AM
0.21
2:48PM
0.17
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----7:45-------7:43-------7:41---
Sunset------5:10-------5:13-------5:14-
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light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C998889999810101010109910111010111110
Feels °C (?)55322110-1055545315656666
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