The Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.26° N 8.63° W

The Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bar sea temperature is
16.5° C
1.4° 

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 (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bar at 7AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (11 Aug)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (11 Aug)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NNW
10
0.6
NNW
9
0.5
N
9
0.4
NNW
9
0.4
NNW
9
0.3
N
8
0.4
WSW
12
0.6
W
11
0.6
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.5
W
10
0.5
W
10
0.6
W
12
0.8
W
11
0.9
W
11
1
W
11
0.9
W
10
0.9
W
10
0.8
W
10
0.8
W
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.7
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
74
65
40
26
25
12
45
88
80
74
73
70
49
48
103
160
188
229
167
164
125
122
157
87
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:19AM3.02m
5:41PM3.55m
6:10AM3.18m
6:28PM3.81m
6:55AM3.29m
7:11PM3.96m
Low Tide
11:07PM0.47m
11:16AM0.44m
11:59PM0.19m
12:03PM0.22m
00:44AM-0.01m
12:45PM0.07m
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6:03
6:05
6:05
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9:15
9:12
9:09
 mm
1
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
16
13
12
15
19
22
22
21
19
17
17
18
21
23
22
20
19
17
18
19
20
22
19
16
Feels °C
14
10
9
11
14
19
21
20
18
15
15
16
20
22
22
21
20
17
18
19
20
21
19
15
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