Thurlestone Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 50.26° N 3.87° W

Issued: 12 am 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Thurlestone Reef sea temperature is

18.7° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Thurlestone Reef today (13 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 19s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 19s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurlestone Reef at 5AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 13). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Jul)	0.5ft (0.1m)	19s
Afternoon (13 Jul)	0.5ft (0.1m)	19s
Evening (13 Jul)	0.5ft (0.1m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Sun night, light winds from the NE by Tue night).
	Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 20	S 19	SW 19	SW 19	S 19	SW 15	SW 15	SE 5	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9
Wave Graph
kJ	4	4	7	7	15	15	8	8	8	6	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	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	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	off
High Tide			5:58AM3.47m				6:28PM3.78m					7:02AM3.68m				7:24PM4.03m				7:55AM3.85m				8:13PM4.22m
Low Tide	11:19PM0.53m				11:42AM0.43m				00:14AM0.25m				12:33PM0.23m					1:04AM0.02m				1:20PM0.09m


	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:20	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	17	16	19	22	23	24	22	19	16	15	20	23	24	25	23	22	22	19	21	24	25	25	21
Feels °C	11	7	6	10	16	17	21	18	14	10	9	14	18	21	23	22	19	19	15	17	21	22	22	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	ESE 10	S 19	SW 19	SW 19	SW 15	SSE 4	SE 4	ESE 7	SW 18	SW 7	SSW 7	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SW 6	SW 6
kJ	4	4	10	7	15	15	8	2	3	11	12	2	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	6
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	—	S 15	S 15	—	SW 15	S 19	SW 15	SW 15	SE 5	SW 7	SW 18	SW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SSE 4	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9
kJ	4	—	4	4	—	8	7	8	8	3	2	12	5	12	12	1	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	S 20	—	SW 15	W 14	—	W 13	W 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 18	SW 18	E 6	WSW 10	—	S 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	S 16
kJ	—	—	7	—	8	4	—	3	3	6	6	5	12	12	1	11	—	5	10	10	10	10	10	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	E 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 3	ENE 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 4	ESE 3	SE 3	—	—	E 2	E 2	E 3	E 3	ESE 3	E 3	E 2
kJ	40	49	45	47	33	33	14	12	11	10	14	13	13	6	2	—	—	1	1	2	2	3	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	590	590	752	220	86	92	86	39	70	82	174	131	82	82	131	131	88	82	82	88	84	84	279	41
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Rating (10 max)																								1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	8	7	7	6	8	6	6	6	8	4	4	4	6	4	5	5	5

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