Rest Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.49° N 3.73° W

Rest Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
17.4°C
2.8° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 3AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (12 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (12 Oct)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon night, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Mon morning, fresh winds from the W by Mon night).

Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
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)
0.7
SW
6
0.7
SW
7
1.1
SW
11
1.2
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
11
0.9
WSW
11
1.9
WSW
7
1.8
WSW
9
2
WSW
10
1.9
WSW
10
1.6
W
10
1.5
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
1.1
WSW
10
0.9
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
54
308
385
483
483
475
353
450
183
379
528
858
749
522
425
325
275
275
235
154
339
132
161
Wind (km/h)
35
SE
35
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
S
20
SSW
30
SW
35
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:56AM8.96m
8:13PM8.93m
8:29AM8.80m
8:46PM8.62m
9:01AM8.48m
9:19PM8.17m
Low Tide
1:42AM0.32m
1:57PM0.36m
2:12AM0.48m
2:28PM0.55m
2:42AM0.78m
2:59PM0.90m
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Temp °C
15
16
16
16
17
16
16
17
18
17
16
16
16
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
16
17
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14
Feels °C
10
12
14
15
16
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14
15
16
13
10
11
10
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
12
13
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10
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