Roaches Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 4.06° W

Roaches Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Roaches Reef sea temperature is
18.9°C
3.1° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Roaches Reef at 11PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)--
Afternoon (13 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (13 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon night, min 12°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
1
W
10
1
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
8
1
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.6
WSW
6
1.5
W
7
1.5
W
7
1.5
W
7
1.5
W
7
1.3
WSW
7
1.3
W
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
295
289
248
197
177
143
132
176
172
157
65
119
210
212
208
208
212
166
166
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:46PM9.69m
9:03AM9.43m
9:17PM9.39m
9:32AM9.11m
9:45PM8.97m
Low Tide
2:30PM0.99m
2:51AM1.13m
2:58PM1.20m
3:16AM1.44m
3:26PM1.54m
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:36
7:34
7:31
 mm
1
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
17
17
18
17
18
18
18
19
18
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
17
17
16
16
17
18
15
16
15
16
16
14
14
13
10
10
10
12
13
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