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Rest Bay surf break

Rest Bay surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 BST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
10.7° 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 11AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)10109999141312121211111111111010101616433
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31312916161619173129272525241212119455000
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
40
E
35
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
9.29
9:24PM
9.12
9:48AM
8.78
10:10PM
8.59
10:37AM
8.08
11:02PM
7.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
-0.03
3:01PM
0.23
3:24AM
0.34
3:45PM
0.76
4:12AM
0.92
4:34PM
1.41
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:09-------6:07-------6:05------
Sunset-----8:17-------8:20-------8:22--
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C97911121210855710131296558121413107
Feels °C (?)53568752-2-3-1253-1-4-4-4-147730
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