Thurlestone Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.26° N 3.87° W

Thurlestone Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurlestone Reef sea temperature is
18.9° C
2.0° 

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 (19 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurlestone Reef at 12AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)--
Afternoon (19 Aug)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (19 Aug)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Wed afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Thu night).

Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
4
1
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.5
WSW
7
0.6
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
4
1
W
5
0.9
WSW
5
0.9
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
9
1.3
WSW
9
1.3
WSW
9
1.2
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
43
26
18
15
15
30
42
31
43
41
51
102
208
249
249
222
197
126
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
25
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:50PM3.60m
11:10AM3.40m
11:23PM3.29m
11:45AM3.15m
Low Tide
4:17PM0.52m
4:37AM0.62m
4:52PM0.84m
5:11AM0.96m
5:31PM1.18m
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:29
8:27
8:24
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
21
20
17
17
16
16
18
20
20
19
17
16
16
16
17
19
20
19
15
Feels °C
16
16
14
14
13
14
16
16
14
14
13
12
12
11
12
13
15
14
12
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