Rest Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.49° N 3.73° W

Rest Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
18.0°C
2.9° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 5PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (30 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (30 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.6
SW
10
1.6
SW
10
1.5
WSW
10
1.4
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.2
WSW
11
1.4
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
11
1.2
WSW
10
1.1
WSW
10
1.1
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
9
1.3
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
389
462
530
530
504
433
433
419
340
722
690
551
328
275
226
226
258
287
292
268
286
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:15AM9.02m
9:35PM8.86m
9:56AM8.59m
10:19PM8.27m
10:42AM7.99m
Low Tide
3:11PM0.34m
3:30AM0.62m
3:51PM0.80m
4:12AM1.20m
4:38PM1.43m
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
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7:11
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7:16
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6:55
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6:52
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6:51
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1
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1
2
1
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Temp °C
17
19
19
16
15
14
14
14
15
15
16
16
15
15
14
14
15
18
18
17
15
Feels °C
14
14
14
12
12
11
12
11
12
11
12
13
11
12
11
12
12
15
15
14
13
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