Salcombe surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 05 Sep 2025 BST
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Salcombe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salcombe sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Salcombe today?

The current surf forecast for Salcombe at 10PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
W
0.8
W
1.4
SE
1.4
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)10109999995566551111101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)386326263220178169204196197188168128971242771089105610601019920700544447401
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
20
E
30
SE
30
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
20
SE
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
3.42
6:19AM
3.40
6:33PM
3.79
6:59AM
3.73
7:11PM
4.11
7:36AM
4.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44PM
0.69
11:55AM
0.61
12:21AM
0.28
12:33PM
0.25
12:57AM
-0.08
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:37-------6:39--
Sunset-7:52-------7:49-------7:46------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------31-------
Temp. °C161616161616171619191917171717171716151515151516
Feels °C (?)131515151311121013131616161512131211101011121111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (South)

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Salcombe (light winds from the SSE at BUOY-62050 50 km from Salcombe). 1.0m 9s swell from the WSW to make surfable waves.

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17 km/h
SSE
0.0
17.2
Air / Water (°C)
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