Rest Bay Surf Forecast

/ Wales – South East (14 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (51.49° N 3.73° W)

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Rest Bay surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 29 Aug 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 19.5° C
(Which is 3.2°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: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Afternoon (30 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Evening (30 Aug)	6ft (1.9m)	9s

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

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	Friday 29			Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 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	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	220	340	698	321	266	222	203	410	187	428	536	1215	1432	1968	2800	3080	3466	3448	3521	2772	2585	2390	1404	1622
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 7.40				11:09AM 7.09				11:29PM 6.81				11:51AM 6.54				12:17AM 6.24				12:49PM 6.03
Low Tide / height (m)		4:34PM 1.65				4:52AM 1.96				5:10PM 2.20				5:31AM 2.51				5:56PM 2.76				6:24AM 3.04

	Friday 29			Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	16	18	18	17	15	15	15	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	11	12	13	13	14	13	12	13	13	13	9	9	8	9	9	12	12	11	9	9	9	10	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - South East

Wind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Rest Bay (moderate winds from the W at St Athan 23 km from Rest Bay). A 1.2m swell from the W
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23 km away, 53 min ago

20 km/h

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19.5

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