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The Knap surfForecast / Wales – South East / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 30 Jan 2026 GMT
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Today's The Knap sea temperature is
6.8° C
 (Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Knap today?

The current surf forecast for The Knap at 1AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)181717161616161616161515141414141313131316161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54039441456119819332432432425324016715014614494895755591311278174
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
30
SE
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
25
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoncross-
on		ononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47PM
9.42
5:17AM
10.03
5:45PM
10.11
6:10AM
10.80
6:35PM
10.78
6:56AM
11.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04PM
2.90
11:40AM
2.46
12:02AM
2.21
12:32PM
1.74
12:48AM
1.59
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------7:52-------7:50-------7:50-
Sunset4:58-------5:00-------5:01-------
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
12-1--------------------
Temp. °C998887899878888998765668
Feels °C (?)120111335435556766531202
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