Thurlestone Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.26° N 3.87° W

Thurlestone Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 12 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Thurlestone Reef sea temperature is
18.7° C
1.8° 

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 (12 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurlestone Reef at 4PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (12 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (12 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
0.7
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
11
0.7
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.7
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.5
WSW
9
0.5
WSW
9
0.4
WSW
9
0.8
W
9
0.4
WSW
9
0.4
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
39
38
37
49
47
47
65
75
99
97
90
77
75
98
72
49
47
32
101
25
23
Wind (km/h)
30
E
25
E
25
E
15
E
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
WSW
15
SW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
20
W
25
WSW
25
W
30
NW
20
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:16PM4.08m
7:44AM3.89m
7:58PM4.29m
8:25AM4.03m
8:37PM4.37m
Low Tide
12:24PM0.30m
00:54AM0.02m
1:08PM0.08m
1:37AM-0.16m
1:49PM-0.04m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
6:00
6:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:40
8:38
8:37
 mm
Temp °C
22
26
27
26
26
23
24
23
25
27
30
26
20
19
18
18
20
22
23
21
17
Feels °C
18
22
22
23
23
21
21
21
23
23
26
22
19
19
18
18
19
20
19
17
15
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