Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.26° N 8.63° W

The Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 12 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Bar sea temperature is
12.0°C
0.6° 

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 (13 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bar at 1AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (13 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (13 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 10°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the NNW by Sun morning).

Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NNW
8
1.6
NNW
13
1.5
NNW
12
1.3
NNW
12
1.2
NNW
12
1.1
NNW
11
1
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.7
NNW
10
0.6
N
10
0.5
N
9
0.5
N
9
0.6
NNW
8
0.5
NNW
8
0.5
NNW
8
0.5
NNW
8
0.6
NNW
8
0.7
NNW
9
0.7
NW
10
0.7
NW
9
0.7
NW
9
1.3
WSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
284
786
619
461
355
260
210
140
98
67
42
40
45
34
35
36
47
73
96
90
84
81
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
0
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
20
S
15
S
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:16PM2.92m
7:35AM3.20m
7:52PM2.73m
8:14AM3.04m
8:32PM2.53m
Low Tide
1:06PM0.54m
1:09AM0.60m
1:44PM0.71m
1:43AM0.75m
2:26PM0.90m
2:21AM0.91m
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Temp °C
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
5
4
5
6
6
7
9
10
9
10
9
9
9
Feels °C
2
3
4
6
6
5
5
4
4
1
-1
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
4
5
6
6
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