The Bar Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.26° N 8.63° W

The Bar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bar sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.7° 

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 (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bar at 2AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (24 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (24 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Thu morning).

Wed
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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)
2
3
3
3
0
1
0
0
2
3
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3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
WNW
12
1.9
WNW
11
1.8
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.2
W
10
2
W
12
3
W
16
4.5
W
16
4.5
W
16
4.5
W
16
4.5
W
15
4
W
15
4
W
14
3.5
W
13
3.5
W
13
3
W
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1180
889
731
668
496
396
363
279
1076
4652
10527
10802
10162
8714
7374
5934
4440
3785
3118
Wind (km/h)
5
N
5
SE
10
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
S
25
SSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:48PM3.05m
5:11AM2.79m
5:21PM3.29m
5:43AM3.01m
5:52PM3.49m
Low Tide
11:07PM0.63m
11:04AM0.64m
11:37PM0.37m
11:36AM0.42m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
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cloud
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light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
7:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:31
7:29
7:27
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
11
12
11
13
16
16
13
13
12
12
11
12
14
15
13
12
Feels °C
11
12
10
7
6
5
7
9
13
10
11
9
8
8
9
9
10
8
7
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