The Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.26° N 8.63° W

The Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 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 (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bar at 6PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (04 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (04 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue morning, strong winds from the WNW by Tue night).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
N
8
0.7
NNW
8
0.7
NNW
8
1.2
NW
9
1.5
NW
9
1.7
NW
9
2.5
NW
7
3
NW
8
3
NW
9
3
NW
9
2.4
NW
9
2.1
NW
8
1.9
NW
8
1.7
NW
7
1.3
WNW
6
1.3
NW
6
1
WNW
6
0.9
WNW
6
0.8
WNW
6
0.8
WNW
5
0.7
W
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
45
68
72
242
382
421
679
1220
1373
1218
841
581
447
309
115
141
66
47
36
39
24
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
10:04AM2.87m
10:18PM3.18m
10:49AM2.78m
11:06PM2.99m
11:45AM2.68m
Low Tide
3:52PM0.61m
4:31AM0.57m
4:39PM0.79m
5:21AM0.74m
5:39PM0.97m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:52
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:29
9:27
9:24
 mm
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
16
15
14
14
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
15
16
16
14
Feels °C
16
14
13
12
10
9
6
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
10
10
10
11
13
13
12
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