Rest Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.49° N 3.73° W

Rest Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
16.4°C
2.3° 

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 (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 9s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 2AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (21 Oct)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (21 Oct)8ft (2.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, gales from the WNW by Fri morning).

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
7
3
WSW
9
3.5
WSW
11
3
W
10
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
9
2.2
WSW
9
1.8
WSW
8
1.4
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
9
1.7
W
10
1.5
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
31
31
33
38
170
1469
2488
2155
1824
1291
761
460
238
521
546
399
293
227
199
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
5
SE
20
S
25
SSW
0
NW
50
WNW
50
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
40
W
35
SW
50
W
35
WNW
30
W
20
W
20
SSW
25
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
2:24PM5.96m
3:10AM5.93m
3:41PM6.38m
4:14AM6.50m
4:35PM7.01m
Low Tide
9:01PM3.08m
9:29AM2.97m
10:06PM2.56m
10:25AM2.41m
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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7:48
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6:12
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6:09
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6:07
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1
8
5
1
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1
1
1
2
1
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4
3
Temp °C
10
11
11
11
11
10
9
11
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
9
10
7
7
11
0
-1
-1
1
3
4
2
5
6
8
9
8
7
5
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