Roaches Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 4.06° W

Roaches Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Roaches Reef sea temperature is
19.8°C
3.7° 

Roaches Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Roaches Reef today (03 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Roaches Reef at 11PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)--
Afternoon (03 Sep)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (03 Sep)5ft (1.5m)7s

Table - waves today at Roaches Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Thu night, calm by Sat night).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
WSW
8
1.5
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
6
2.1
WSW
6
2.5
WSW
7
2.2
WSW
8
2
W
8
1.8
WSW
8
1.7
WSW
8
1.6
WSW
8
1.5
W
7
1.4
WSW
7
1.3
WSW
7
1.1
W
7
0.9
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
256
236
203
341
675
599
535
437
373
308
231
203
171
117
75
56
73
125
96
Wind (km/h)
30
SW
30
WSW
35
SW
45
SW
45
WSW
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
11:04PM8.29m
11:24AM7.96m
00:02AM7.65m
12:36PM7.40m
Low Tide
4:35PM2.16m
5:02AM2.45m
5:26PM2.76m
6:02AM3.09m
6:51PM3.32m
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:59
7:57
7:54
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
18
17
18
19
19
16
17
16
16
17
16
15
14
13
14
15
15
15
15
Feels °C
14
13
14
13
13
12
13
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
13
13
12
14
14
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