The Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.26° N 8.63° W

The Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bar sea temperature is
16.6° C
1.8° 

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


How big are the waves at The Bar today (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bar at 5AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (28 Jul)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon night, min 11°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WNW
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.6
W
9
1.5
W
8
1.4
W
8
1.4
W
8
1.5
W
9
1.6
W
9
1.5
W
8
1.3
W
8
1.2
W
8
1.2
WNW
8
1.1
WNW
8
1.1
WNW
8
1.1
WNW
8
1.2
W
8
1.2
WNW
7
1.3
WNW
8
1.3
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
8
0.8
NNW
9
0.9
WNW
7
1
W
7
1.1
W
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
248
243
390
305
260
258
328
386
305
230
195
202
167
159
151
163
164
191
207
155
117
94
106
92
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WSW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
6:01AM2.79m
6:22PM3.22m
6:36AM2.89m
6:56PM3.37m
7:10AM2.96m
7:29PM3.48m
Low Tide
11:55PM0.78m
11:57AM0.65m
00:32AM0.62m
12:31PM0.49m
1:06AM0.49m
1:03PM0.38m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:39
5:39
5:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:40
9:39
9:37
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
16
15
14
14
13
16
15
16
14
12
11
12
13
14
15
15
13
Feels °C
17
17
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
13
13
12
14
13
14
12
10
9
6
7
8
10
10
10
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