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Thurlestone Reef surfForecast / Devon (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thurlestone Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Thurlestone Reef at 11AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 20). 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 (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.7
ESE
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
S
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101059141314131312131514141413161616121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3218181824820285270443941745130181710105365
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
45
E
50
E
50
E
50
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
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-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00AM
4.14
9:19PM
4.13
9:45AM
3.91
10:03PM
3.91
10:33AM
3.59
10:53PM
3.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24AM
-0.30
2:43PM
-0.17
3:06AM
-0.14
3:24PM
0.10
3:51AM
0.16
4:09PM
0.47
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:13-------6:11-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:17-------8:19--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C98101010999877910101099910101010119
Feels °C (?)434333331-1-10000-1-1-1101231
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