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Preston Beach surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 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 12AM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 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)--
Afternoon (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 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 (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.3
E
1.1
S
1.5
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SE
2
SE
2.4
ESE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.2
SE
1.2
E
1.5
S
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
1.7
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
ESE
1.4
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)666655666777776666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36251655312820200486798757436131149118109821782662621506930
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
ESE
50
ESE
45
SE
25
SSE
25
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
ESE
50
ESE
40
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
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)
1:02PM
-0.03
1:12AM
0.09
1:39PM
-0.06
1:49AM
0.10
2:15PM
0.01
2:24AM
0.21
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------7:45-------7:43-------7:41-
Sunset5:08-------5:10-------5:13-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1----1---1213111133231-1
Temp. °C109998889998910101010109101010101011
Feels °C (?)545432100-1-20454442025656
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