Rest Bay surf break

Rest Bay surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 24 Oct 2025 BST
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Rest Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
14.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rest Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 1AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 1.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (25 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (25 Oct)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
W
1.5
W
1.3
WSW
1.1
W
0.7
WSW
1.1
NW
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
W
1.8
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)910101099885567755567888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12321102846639372258161675598150163135888474224572555597624607569439
Wind
(km/h)
45
WSW
35
W
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
40
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
40
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
45
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
8.23
9:01AM
8.16
9:18PM
7.86
9:33AM
7.77
9:52PM
7.40
10:10AM
7.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28PM
0.90
2:42AM
1.11
2:59PM
1.21
3:12AM
1.47
3:30PM
1.62
3:44AM
1.90
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Sunrise------7:54-------7:56-------7:58-
Sunset6:04-------6:01-------6:00-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
231-21----11----21------
Temp. °C12121110101110101010109899111113131212111112
Feels °C (?)245453312220111424532024
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - South East

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rest Bay (light winds from the SSE at St.Athan 22 km from Rest Bay). A 1.5m swell from the W

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22 km away, 54 min ago

9 km/h
SSE
0.0
14.8
Air / Water (°C)
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