Rest Bay surf break

Rest Bay surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 19 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
7.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 8AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)101012119171016161616161514131211109913998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)563678401131722262884413621981962637318628507394022179826590115107
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
SE
30
ESE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
20
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
E
25
E
45
E
30
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
8.21
7:01PM
8.12
7:19AM
8.53
7:36PM
8.34
7:54AM
8.72
8:12PM
8.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33AM
1.31
12:55PM
1.13
1:07AM
1.01
1:29PM
0.87
1:39AM
0.81
2:01PM
0.72
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--8:10-------8:08-------8:07-----
Sunset----4:39-------4:42-------4:44---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----15-----122--
Temp. °C76689876558887776566101099
Feels °C (?)533553220-2-2-2-3212200-44445
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