Thurlestone Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.26° N 3.87° W

Thurlestone Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurlestone Reef sea temperature is
18.3° C
1.4° 

Thurlestone Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Thurlestone Reef today (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurlestone Reef at 9AM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (11 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (11 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Thurlestone Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 18°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
7
0.3
SW
7
0.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.1
S
11
0.1
SW
12
0.1
SW
12
0.2
WSW
11
0.3
WSW
11
0.4
SW
11
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.4
WSW
10
0.5
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.5
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
7
7
6
4
2
6
6
13
24
29
39
38
37
49
47
47
65
68
88
97
80
77
55
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
25
E
20
ESE
10
E
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
6:03AM3.38m
6:26PM3.77m
6:59AM3.67m
7:16PM4.08m
7:44AM3.89m
7:58PM4.29m
Low Tide
11:13PM0.65m
11:34AM0.59m
00:07AM0.31m
12:24PM0.30m
00:54AM0.02m
1:08PM0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:58
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:43
8:40
8:38
 mm
Temp °C
20
19
18
19
20
20
21
20
20
19
19
23
25
26
27
25
25
24
23
26
29
29
25
20
Feels °C
19
17
17
16
17
16
17
17
17
17
16
18
20
22
25
24
23
21
21
23
25
25
22
19
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