Rest Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.49° N 3.73° W

Rest Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
18.1°C
2.8° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 10PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)--
Afternoon (28 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (28 Sep)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Tue night, light winds from the W by Wed night).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
1
1
1
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)
0.8
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
11
0.6
WSW
11
0.5
WSW
11
0.5
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.3
WSW
9
0.3
WSW
8
0.7
SSE
4
0.4
SW
6
0.8
SW
9
1.6
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
1.7
WSW
11
1.5
WSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
140
123
91
64
58
38
31
17
14
17
15
99
568
515
429
505
664
634
523
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
30
E
35
E
35
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
25
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
20
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:18PM9.36m
8:37AM9.22m
8:56PM9.23m
9:15AM9.02m
9:35PM8.86m
Low Tide
2:00PM0.07m
2:19AM0.04m
2:34PM0.10m
2:53AM0.22m
3:11PM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
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7:11
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7:11
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7:00
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6:58
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6:55
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 mm
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2
2
2
4
7
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1
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
14
12
12
14
16
20
21
20
19
18
17
15
16
18
18
16
15
Feels °C
14
14
10
8
8
10
12
16
16
16
16
13
11
13
11
12
14
12
12
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