Saunton surf break

Saunton surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Saunton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Saunton sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Saunton today?

The current surf forecast for Saunton at 6PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.2
W
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.8
WSW
2.2
WSW
4
W
3
WNW
1.8
NW
1
W
Period(s) (?)12111111101099101010101099999969868
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1379112495533273158755156355151846138332726622221817318410839821801034282131
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
S
25
S
35
SW
30
WNW
30
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
5
WSW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:51PM
6.95
5:21AM
7.02
5:40PM
7.53
6:03AM
7.55
6:20PM
8.02
6:40AM
7.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
2.21
11:17PM
1.76
11:35AM
1.66
12:00AM
1.25
12:14PM
1.18
12:35AM
0.85
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:58--------
Sunset---7:24-------7:22-------7:21----
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1211--1-
Temp. °C182020181716161517202017151515161716141413121212
Feels °C (?)141616151513141315171716141314151411891091110
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Croyde (strong winds from the S at Woolacombe NDHPC 4 km from Croyde). A 2.1m groundswell from the WSW

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1 h 19 min ago

20 km/h
SSW
Cross-Shore
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