Rest Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.49° N 3.73° W

Rest Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
20.4°C
4.1° 

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 (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 3PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the E by Tue morning).

Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.1
SW
13
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.1
SW
14
0.1
SW
14
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
SW
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
13
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
8
7
11
10
9
9
9
8
8
7
7
7
7
7
3
3
3
3
3
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
35
E
30
E
25
E
30
ENE
35
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
25
E
25
SE
20
SE
15
ENE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
3:16AM5.76m
4:00PM5.98m
4:38AM6.08m
5:06PM6.47m
5:32AM6.62m
5:53PM7.08m
Low Tide
9:31AM3.29m
10:20PM3.09m
10:50AM2.91m
11:23PM2.60m
11:43AM2.36m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:19
8:16
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
16
19
21
22
20
17
15
14
16
20
23
23
19
15
14
14
18
23
24
17
16
Feels °C
12
11
13
16
19
20
17
14
12
10
10
13
17
17
12
8
8
9
12
18
19
15
15
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