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Rest Bay Surf Forecast
/ Wales – South East (14 surf breaks) /
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Rest Bay surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
How big are the waves at Rest Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 6PM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 7ft (2.2m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 7ft (2.1m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Rest Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 806 | 1060 | 1093 | 961 | 1012 | 997 | 919 | 1045 | 920 | 889 | 686 | 550 | 471 | 363 | 340 | 340 | 348 | 305 | 264 | 226 | 205 | 164 | 161 | 133 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:58PM 6.66 | 4:38AM 6.73 | 5:05PM 7.24 | 5:34AM 7.31 | 5:54PM 7.84 | 6:17AM 7.86 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:44AM 2.83 | 10:33PM 2.42 | 11:00AM 2.32 | 11:33PM 1.86 | 11:50AM 1.74 | 12:16AM 1.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:21 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wales - South East
Wind reports 23 km away suggest it is still onshore at Rest Bay (moderate winds from the WSW at St Athan). A 2.0m swell from the WSW
23 km away, 1 h 4 min ago
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