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Thurlestone Reef surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 23 Jan 2026 GMT
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Thurlestone Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thurlestone Reef sea temperature is
10.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thurlestone Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Thurlestone Reef at 5PM is: 6.5m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 6.0m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (23 Jan)21ft (6.5m)17s
Evening (23 Jan)18ft (5.5m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
4
3
4
5
5
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
3.5
SW
6.5
SW
6
SW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
3
SW
4
WSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)81717171712121110161517161515151414141716161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)95765492619621219174829726722441843141229530759107912673754711590226802326284061494780379228692114
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSE
55
SSE
70
SE
70
SSE
60
SSE
60
S
55
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
40
SSE
35
SW
45
WSW
25
SSW
40
S
10
W
5
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01AM
4.05
9:26PM
3.72
9:35AM
3.94
10:02PM
3.62
10:13AM
3.77
10:43PM
3.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
0.05
2:59AM
0.26
3:26PM
0.17
3:41AM
0.42
4:09PM
0.37
4:28AM
0.66
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise8:02-------8:00-------7:58-------
Sunset--4:52-------4:53-------4:55-----
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light rain
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light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2114221-21121-41221-1----
Temp. °C888898988889898678876655
Feels °C (?)-2-4-7-7-3-5-3-4-4-3-12-13-1255533332
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