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Rest Bay surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
6.9° C
 (Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rest Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 5PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
0
1
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
1.9
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)16161514141313121010913121016171616151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)446196199378752768853680345179110261222182264192427482982270520101556989522427
Wind
(km/h)
50
SE
55
SE
60
SE
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SE
30
SE
45
ESE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
8.53
7:36PM
8.34
7:54AM
8.72
8:12PM
8.45
8:29AM
8.78
8:48PM
8.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29PM
0.87
1:39AM
0.81
2:01PM
0.72
2:12AM
0.72
2:34PM
0.68
2:46AM
0.76
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise8:08-------8:07-------8:07-------
Sunset--4:42-------4:44-------4:45-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-133----3423--1-1111--13
Temp. °C899676677111110999888876777
Feels °C (?)-2-3-313111-14234334442200-3-1
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