The Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.26° N 8.63° W

The Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bar sea temperature is
16.5° C
1.5° 

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 (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bar at 4AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
7
1.1
WNW
6
0.7
NNW
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.7
W
5
0.7
WNW
5
0.8
W
5
0.9
W
5
0.9
W
5
1
WNW
6
1.6
WNW
8
1.8
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
10
1.9
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.7
WNW
9
1.6
WNW
9
1.6
WNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
213
91
57
40
36
23
26
31
40
43
82
318
516
828
804
788
768
605
544
533
533
477
424
391
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:06PM2.99m
11:45AM2.68m
00:08AM2.79m
12:58PM2.62m
1:30AM2.66m
2:23PM2.69m
Low Tide
5:21AM0.74m
5:39PM0.97m
6:27AM0.91m
7:03PM1.08m
7:52AM0.98m
8:42PM1.02m
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:56
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:24
9:22
9:21
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
13
12
12
13
16
16
16
14
13
12
12
15
17
17
16
14
12
12
14
15
16
17
17
16
Feels °C
9
9
10
10
13
12
13
12
11
10
10
11
12
12
12
12
10
10
12
12
13
14
17
16
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