Thurlestone Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 50.26° N 3.87° W

Issued: 6 am 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Thurlestone Reef sea temperature is

19.0° 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 1PM is: 0.1m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 13). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 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 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the ENE on Mon morning, light winds from the ENE by Tue night).
	Monday 13							Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thu 16
	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	1 AM
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 20	S 19	SW 19	SW 19	S 19	SW 15	SW 15	S 18	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	WSW 9
Wave Graph
kJ	4	7	7	15	15	8	8	8	6	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	NE	ENE
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	cross	cross-off	cross-off	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				11:42AM0.43m				00:14AM0.25m				12:33PM0.23m					1:04AM0.02m				1:20PM0.09m


	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22
	—	—	—	—	—	9:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9:20	—	9:20
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	16	19	23	24	24	23	19	16	15	19	23	24	25	23	22	22	20	21	24	25	26	25	21
Feels °C	9	6	10	17	18	20	19	14	10	9	12	19	21	25	23	20	19	17	18	21	22	25	24	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 19	SW 19	SW 19	SSE 5	SW 15	SW 15	SE 7	SW 18	SW 7	SSW 7	SSW 6	SE 3	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6
kJ	4	4	7	15	15	2	8	8	13	12	2	4	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	6	6	6	3	3
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 20	S 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	W 13	W 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 18	SW 11	WSW 11	SSW 6	SE 4	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 9
kJ	—	7	4	8	8	8	3	3	6	6	12	5	12	4	1	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	W 14	S 19	—	S 7	S 18	SW 7	SW 11	SW 18	SW 18	WSW 11	WSW 10	—	S 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	S 16	SW 13
kJ	—	—	—	—	4	7	—	1	6	2	5	12	12	12	11	—	5	10	10	10	10	10	5	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	E 3	ESE 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 2	E 2	—	E 5	ENE 2
kJ	43	45	43	33	27	18	12	11	8	13	12	11	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	21	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	458	220	175	307	86	39	82	86	175	86	82	82	88	82	82	84	82	86	84	307	307	300	109
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	6	5	5	8	7	9	8	8	9	7	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	5	9	5	6

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