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          Bantham Surf Report and Forecast

          Spot Location: Europe > UK + Ireland > England > Cornwall & Devon - South

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          Low 02:22

          17.1 - 3.8ft

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          Current Surf Report for Bantham

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          4-6ft

          Solid Star Solid Star

          Chest High - Head High

          7mph Gentle, Cross/Onshore

          Primary Swell
          3.5ft at 11s251.63°

          ClearAir 52°fSea 54°f

          Today's Tide - BanthamToday's Tide Legend - Bantham
          Low 1:50AM3.7ft
          High 7:56AM16.5ft
          Low 2:00PM3.8ft
          High 8:14PM17.1ft
          First Light 4:33AM
          Sunrise 5:15AM
          Sunset 9:09PM
          Last Light 9:51PM

          Tide Location River Yealm - 12.874752km away Help

          About Bantham

          Consistent, classy beachbreak with sandbars sculpted by the River Avon. Right into the rivermouth and a peak on the main beach. South Devon?s best beach is always busy. Strong rips at size. Parking in the village and on Bigbury side of the river.

          Bantham Surf Forecast Help

          Surf Forecasting help for Bantham

          A detailed long range Bantham Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Bantham and nearby surf spots in the UK + Ireland area. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.

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             Edit Bantham Surf Wind (+ Gusts)WeatherPrimary SwellSecondary SwellProb.
          Wed23/05 12am 2-3ft Faded Star 5 8 mphClear50°f 1.6ft10s256.04° 1.3ft3s  
          3am 3-4ft Solid Star 4 6 mphMostly Clear48°f 2.5ft10s254.36°    
          6am 3-5ft Solid Star 4 4 mphSunny50°f 2.5ft10s252.8°    
          9am 3-5ft Solid Star 3 4 mphMostly Sunny61°f 2.5ft10s251.76°    
          12pm 3-5ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 5 mphSunny66°f 3ft10s251.01°    
          3pm 4-5ft Solid Star Faded Star 6 7 mphMostly Sunny66°f 3ft11s250.63° 1.1ft3s  
          6pm 4-6ft Solid Star Faded Star 7 10 mphMostly Sunny64°f 3.5ft11s250.66°    
          9pm 4-6ft Solid Star Solid Star 7 10 mphClear52°f 3.5ft11s251.63°     100%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          Low 1:50AM3.7ft
          High 7:56AM16.5ft
          Low 2:00PM3.8ft
          High 8:14PM17.1ft
          First Light 4:33AM
          Sunrise 5:15AM
          Sunset 9:09PM
          Last Light 9:51PM
          Thu24/05 12am 4-6ft Solid Star Solid Star 7 9 mphClear45°f 3ft11s247.77° 1ft3s   100%
          3am 4-6ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 8 mphClear45°f 3ft11s250.09°     100%
          6am 4-6ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 6 mphSunny46°f 3ft11s248.6°     100%
          9am 3-5ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 7 mphMostly Sunny64°f 3ft10s247.3°     100%
          12pm 3-5ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 6 mphMostly Sunny70°f 3ft10s246.18°     100%
          3pm 3-5ft Solid Star Solid Star 4 7 mphRain70°f 3ft10s245.41°     100%
          6pm 3-5ft Solid Star Solid Star 5 10 mphDrizzle68°f 3ft10s244.82°     100%
          9pm 3-4ft Solid Star Solid Star 6 12 mphMisty63°f 2.5ft10s244.26° 1.1ft3s   100%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          Low 2:22AM3.8ft
          High 8:33AM16.3ft
          Low 2:33PM4.1ft
          High 8:50PM16.9ft
          First Light 4:31AM
          Sunrise 5:14AM
          Sunset 9:10PM
          Last Light 9:52PM
          Fri25/05 12am 3-4ft Solid Star 7 12 mphFoggy61°f 2.5ft10s243.78° 1.5ft3s   100%
          3am 3-4ft Solid Star 7 15 mphFoggy61°f 2ft10s243.36° 1.8ft3s   100%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star 10 20 mphBrief Showers64°f 1.6ft9s237.69° 1.2ft10s 2.5ft4s 100%
          9am 2-3ft Faded Star 12 21 mphDrizzle64°f 1.8ft10s242.9° 3.5ft5s   100%
          12pm 2-3ft Faded Star 15 25 mphThunderstorms70°f 1.7ft10s243.15° 4ft5s   100%
          3pm 2-3ft Faded Star 16 27 mphSunny70°f 1.6ft10s243.84° 5ft6s   100%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 12 28 mphSunny66°f 1.5ft10s244.54° 6ft6s   100%
          9pm 2-3ft Faded Star 14 35 mphClear59°f 1.4ft10s245.31° 7ft7s   100%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          Low 2:56AM4.1ft
          High 9:11AM15.9ft
          Low 3:08PM4.5ft
          High 9:26PM16.4ft
          First Light 4:30AM
          Sunrise 5:13AM
          Sunset 9:12PM
          Last Light 9:54PM
          Sat26/05 12am 2-3ft Faded Star 14 38 mphClear55°f 1.3ft10s246° 7ft7s   100%
          3am 2-3ft Faded Star 14 37 mphClear52°f 1.2ft10s246.59° 7.5ft7s   100%
          6am 1-2ft Faded Star 14 38 mphSunny54°f 1.1ft9s247° 7.5ft7s   100%
          9am 1-2ft 20 35 mphSunny61°f 1ft9s247.41° 8ft7s   100%
          12pm 1-2ft 21 34 mphSunny66°f 0.9ft9s247.61° 8ft7s   100%
          3pm 1-2ft 20 36 mphSunny66°f 0.8ft9s247.73° 8ft7s   100%
          6pm 1-2ft 15 33 mphSunny63°f 0.7ft9s247.68° 8ft7s   95%
          9pm 1ft 14 37 mphClear57°f 0.6ft9s247.11° 7.5ft7s   95%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          Low 3:33AM4.5ft
          High 9:49AM15.4ft
          Low 3:46PM5ft
          High10:04PM15.9ft
          First Light 4:29AM
          Sunrise 5:12AM
          Sunset 9:13PM
          Last Light 9:55PM
          Sun27/05 12am 1ft 13 36 mphClear55°f 0.6ft8s245.81° 7.5ft7s   95%
          3am 1ft 13 35 mphMostly Clear54°f 0.6ft8s244.28° 7ft7s   95%
          6am 1ft 14 34 mphMostly Cloudy55°f 0.6ft8s243.09° 6ft7s   35%
          9am 1-2ft 17 29 mphMostly Cloudy63°f 0.7ft8s240.66° 5.5ft6s   35%
          12pm 1-2ft 17 27 mphMostly Cloudy64°f 0.7ft8s238.67° 0.5ft11s 5ft6s 68%
          3pm 2-3ft Faded Star 14 24 mphOvercast64°f 1.7ft10s224.29° 4ft6s   68%
          6pm 2-3ft Solid Star 8 20 mphOvercast61°f 2.5ft10s222.01° 3ft6s   19%
          9pm 2-4ft Solid Star 5 9 mphOvercast55°f 2.5ft9s220.75° 2.5ft6s   19%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          Low 4:15AM5ft
          High10:29AM14.9ft
          Low 4:29PM5.5ft
          High10:45PM15.5ft
          First Light 4:28AM
          Sunrise 5:11AM
          Sunset 9:14PM
          Last Light 9:57PM
          Mon28/05 12am 2-3ft Solid Star 4 6 mphOvercast55°f 2.5ft9s220.09° 2ft5s   45%
          3am 2-3ft Solid Star 7 13 mphDrizzle55°f 2ft9s219.85° 0.3ft13s 2ft5s 45%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star 9 17 mphBrief Showers55°f 1.9ft9s219.8° 0.4ft12s 2ft5s 44%
          9am 2ft Solid Star 9 17 mphRain59°f 1.7ft8s219.76° 0.4ft12s 2ft5s 44%
          12pm 1-2ft Solid Star 9 14 mphRain61°f 1.5ft8s219.76° 1.8ft5s   52%
          3pm 1-2ft 9 12 mphMostly Sunny63°f 1.4ft8s219.61° 1.5ft5s   52%
          6pm 1-2ft 7 10 mphBrief Showers61°f 1.3ft8s219.85° 1.3ft5s   64%
          9pm 1-2ft 6 9 mphClear54°f 1.3ft7s218.88° 0.7ft3s 0.9ft4s 64%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          Low 5:02AM5.4ft
          High11:16AM14.6ft
          Low 5:22PM5.9ft
          High11:36PM15.3ft
          First Light 4:27AM
          Sunrise 5:10AM
          Sunset 9:15PM
          Last Light 9:58PM
          Tue29/05 12am 1-2ft 4 6 mphMostly Clear54°f 1.5ft7s216.24° 0.8ft3s 0.6ft4s 63%
          3am 1-2ft 6 12 mphMostly Clear54°f 1.3ft7s220.4° 0.5ft10s 1.5ft3s 63%
          6am 1-2ft 7 13 mphBrief Showers54°f 1.2ft7s220.81° 0.5ft10s 1.8ft4s 40%
          9am 1-2ft 8 13 mphRain55°f 1.2ft7s221.08° 0.5ft9s 1.9ft4s 40%
          12pm 1-2ft 9 13 mphRain59°f 1.2ft7s221.39° 0.5ft9s 1.8ft4s 5%
          3pm 1-2ft 9 12 mphMostly Sunny61°f 1.2ft7s221.93° 0.4ft8s 1.6ft4s 5%
          6pm 1-2ft 8 13 mphMostly Sunny59°f 1.9ft7s201.19° 0.4ft8s   25%
          9pm 1-2ft 5 9 mphMostly Clear52°f 2ft7s208.2°     25%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          Low 6:00AM5.6ft
          High12:14PM14.5ft
          Low 6:26PM6.1ft
          First Light 4:26AM
          Sunrise 5:09AM
          Sunset 9:16PM
          Last Light 9:59PM

          Extended Surf Forecast for Cornwall & Devon - South Area

          Wed30/05 12am 2-4ft Solid Star 5 8 mphMostly Clear54°f 2.5ft9s231.72° 0.7ft3s   20%
          3am 2-4ft Solid Star 5 8 mphMostly Clear54°f 2.5ft9s231.72° 0.7ft3s   20%
          6am 2-3ft Faded Star 8 12 mphDrizzle55°f 1.7ft9s251.32°     12%
          9am 2-3ft Faded Star 8 12 mphDrizzle55°f 1.7ft9s251.32°     12%
          12pm 3-5ft Solid Star 13 20 mphRain57°f 3ft9s238.54° 1.3ft3s   21%
          3pm 3-5ft Solid Star 13 20 mphRain57°f 3ft9s238.54° 1.3ft3s   21%
          6pm 2-3ft Faded Star 19 29 mphShowers57°f 1.9ft9s251.67° 2.5ft3s   25%
          9pm 2-3ft Faded Star 19 29 mphShowers57°f 1.9ft9s251.67° 2.5ft3s   25%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          High12:38AM15.2ft
          Low 7:07AM5.6ft
          High 1:22PM14.7ft
          Low 7:37PM5.9ft
          First Light 4:25AM
          Sunrise 5:08AM
          Sunset 9:17PM
          Last Light10:01PM
          Thu31/05 12am 2-3ft Faded Star 15 23 mphBrief Showers52°f 1.7ft9s254.71° 1.3ft5s 2ft4s 41%
          3am 2-3ft Faded Star 15 23 mphBrief Showers52°f 1.7ft9s254.71° 1.3ft5s 2ft4s 41%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star 15 23 mphRain54°f 1.6ft9s254.54° 1ft5s 1.7ft3s 34%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star 15 23 mphRain54°f 1.6ft9s254.54° 1ft5s 1.7ft3s 34%
          12pm 3-4ft Faded Star 7 11 mphBrief Showers54°f 2.5ft9s252.12°     47%
          3pm 3-4ft Faded Star 7 11 mphBrief Showers54°f 2.5ft9s252.12°     47%
          6pm 2-4ft Faded Star 8 12 mphBrief Showers55°f 2ft8s252.71°     34%
          9pm 2-4ft Faded Star 8 12 mphBrief Showers55°f 2ft8s252.71°     34%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          High 1:50AM15.4ft
          Low 8:18AM5.1ft
          High 2:37PM15.2ft
          Low 8:51PM5.3ft
          First Light 4:24AM
          Sunrise 5:07AM
          Sunset 9:18PM
          Last Light10:02PM
          Fri01/06 12am 2-3ft Solid Star 6 9 mphMostly Clear54°f 1.9ft8s253.29°     36%
          3am 2-3ft Solid Star 6 9 mphMostly Clear54°f 1.9ft8s253.29°     36%
          6am 2-3ft Solid Star 6 9 mphMostly Sunny54°f 1.6ft8s253.69°     39%
          9am 2-3ft Solid Star 6 9 mphMostly Sunny54°f 1.6ft8s253.69°     39%
          12pm 3-5ft Solid Star 15 23 mphMostly Sunny54°f 4ft8s262.05°     14%
          3pm 3-5ft Solid Star 15 23 mphMostly Sunny54°f 4ft8s262.05°     14%
          6pm 2-3ft Solid Star 9 14 mphMostly Sunny54°f 1.5ft8s253.75° 0.2ft14s   17%
          9pm 2-3ft Solid Star 9 14 mphMostly Sunny54°f 1.5ft8s253.75° 0.2ft14s   17%
           Tide and daylight times for Tide Legend - Bantham
          High 3:06AM15.8ft
          Low 9:29AM4.4ft
          High 3:47PM15.9ft
          Low10:03PM4.4ft
          First Light 4:23AM
          Sunrise 5:07AM
          Sunset 9:19PM
          Last Light10:03PM

          Next Update Expected: 5hrs
          Last Model Run: 23 May 13:00:00PM local time (BST). 23 May 12:00:00PM GMT.

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