Rest Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.49° N 3.73° W

Rest Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
17.0°C
2.5° 

Rest Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Rest Bay today (13 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 2PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (13 Oct)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (13 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Tue morning, light winds from the W by Tue night).

Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WSW
11
2.3
WSW
7
2.1
WSW
9
2.1
WSW
9
2.1
WSW
10
1.8
WSW
10
1.7
WSW
10
1.5
WSW
10
1.4
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
10
1.5
WSW
10
1.5
WSW
7
1.5
WSW
8
1.6
WSW
8
1.7
WSW
9
1.8
WSW
12
2
WSW
14
2
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
2
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
533
559
682
761
821
625
561
437
365
275
275
320
411
215
247
339
445
919
1407
1449
1261
1346
390
Wind (km/h)
35
SW
50
WSW
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
20
W
15
W
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
8:29AM8.80m
8:46PM8.62m
9:01AM8.48m
9:19PM8.17m
9:34AM8.02m
9:52PM7.62m
Low Tide
2:12AM0.48m
2:28PM0.55m
2:42AM0.78m
2:59PM0.90m
3:13AM1.21m
3:32PM1.37m
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light rain
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Temp °C
18
17
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
13
14
17
17
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14
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17
17
18
19
18
16
Feels °C
13
10
10
8
8
9
10
11
11
10
10
12
13
11
10
10
12
13
12
13
15
14
13
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