Rest Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Wales – South East, UK)
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Rest Bay Surf Guide
Rest Bay in Glamorgan is a quite exposed beach and point break that has fairly consistent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the east. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the southwest. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's often crowded here. Take care of rips,crowds,rocks and pollution.
Rest Bay Spot Info
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Reliability: | Todays Sea Temp*: |
fairly consistent | 16.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite |
Surfing Rest Bay:
The best conditions reported for surf at Rest Bay occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-northeast.
What's the best time of year to surf Rest Bay (for consistent clean waves)?
Explore Rest Bay Location Map
Interactive Rest Bay surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Rest Bay is Cardiff Airport (CWL) in Wales, 28 km (17 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Rest Bay is Swansea Airport (SWS), also in Wales, 28 km (17 miles) away.

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 08:06 Local Time
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Wind State | cross- on |
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Tides at Rest Bay
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Swell History at Rest Bay
Surf stats for Rest Bay, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.
Wind History at Rest Bay
Wind stats for Rest Bay, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.
Rest Bay Reviews:
Interactive Porthcawl Point location map. View nearby buoy information, live wind conditions and surrounding roads, paths and locations to help find new breaks. Click the buoys or wind icon to view more information.
The waves can be very good here but are far from world class. It gets well over head on occasion maxing at about 1.5x but that is quite rare when it is offshore as well. You'll be surprised how thin the crowd is when that happens. There are lefts and rights here in equal quantity and the waves generally pick up in size as the tide comes in. All the breaks from Rest Bay to the Vale of Glamorgan are significantly influenced by the huge tidal range and falling tides tend to dampen surf and even kill it in some instances. Definitely watch out for the rip that takes you around the rocky headland to the left of the beach on an incoming tide particularly.
Being a seaside town there are lots of pubs and cafes around with a friendly one at the car park. Watch out for redneck council workers checking for Pay and Display tickets even in the depths of winter.”
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Wave Buoys Nearest To Rest Bay:
- Closest Wave BuoyScarweather WaveNet Site10 mi
- Second closest Wave BuoySEACAMS2 Swansea Bay Waverider11 mi
- Third closest Wave BuoyMinehead Waverider21 mi
- Fourth closest Wave BuoyHinkley Point 2 Waverider30 mi
- Fifth closest Wave BuoyHinkley Point Waverider30 mi