Rest Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.49° N 3.73° W

Rest Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
20.2° C
3.9° 

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 (11 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 10PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)--
Afternoon (11 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Evening (11 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the W by Thu afternoon).

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
9
0.1
SW
12
0.2
WSW
11
0.3
WSW
11
0.4
WSW
11
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.5
WSW
10
0.5
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
10
0.8
WSW
10
0.7
W
10
1
W
10
0.6
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
6
13
24
46
40
38
54
49
47
65
65
75
86
118
98
200
75
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
10
S
10
SE
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SSE
15
SSW
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
NNE
0
NE
10
SW
20
WSW
30
W
30
W
20
W
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:15PM8.35m
6:42AM8.41m
7:05PM8.95m
7:29AM8.86m
7:49PM9.35m
Low Tide
00:33AM0.90m
12:53PM0.78m
1:21AM0.39m
1:37PM0.36m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:45
8:44
8:42
 mm
Temp °C
26
26
22
20
18
18
23
28
32
31
27
25
23
23
24
26
24
23
20
Feels °C
23
23
20
16
14
15
19
24
28
28
26
25
22
23
22
23
21
20
19
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