Rest Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.49° N 3.73° W

Rest Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rest Bay sea temperature is
20.2°C
4.0° 

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 (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 7AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (26 Aug)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Tue night, fresh winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
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
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
W
10
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
8
0.3
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
W
7
0.7
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
5
1
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
5
1.5
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
6
1
WSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
8
8
8
7
13
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
4
19
26
46
72
75
148
154
115
87
51
Wind (km/h)
15
E
20
E
15
E
20
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
15
E
10
SSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
6:13AM7.20m
6:31PM7.70m
6:49AM7.76m
7:05PM8.26m
7:22AM8.24m
7:38PM8.71m
Low Tide
00:08AM2.02m
12:22PM1.78m
00:45AM1.45m
12:57PM1.25m
1:17AM0.97m
1:28PM0.82m
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6:16
6:18
6:20
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8:15
8:13
8:10
 mm
7
8
1
1
1
Temp °C
18
17
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22
24
23
19
18
18
17
16
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18
18
17
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Feels °C
16
15
14
17
21
21
21
18
16
16
15
15
17
15
16
16
15
13
13
13
13
12
15
14
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