Wales · Today

Rest Bay

Updated Wed, Sep 23, 12:40 AM GMT+1

When to go

6:00 PM–7:00 PM

Looks good · Low confidence

3.2–3.3 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 5.4 kt · direction unavailable

Forecast details

Light wind should keep the water smoother.

Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

3:00 PM–5:00 PM · Europe/London
Wind speed available · shore exposure unknown · up to 8.6 kt · reported gusts up to 16.3 kt
Offshore waves: 3.4–3.5 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data unavailable.
Wind source time: Sep 23, 12:30 AM GMT+1. This is not the model run issue time.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 3.6 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind NW 3.5 kt

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellW 2.3 ft @ 13sValid 2026-09-23 01:00 · Europe/LondonMarine grid 51.4583, -3.7083 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea3.0 ft @ 12.7sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 01:00 · Europe/London

Model windNW 3.5 ktunavailableValid 2026-09-23 01:00 · Europe/London

TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated

MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Rest Bay · grid 51.4646,-3.7593 (4 km)2.6–3.6 ftRange across available hourly significant offshore wave forecasts for this local date; not breaking surf. Coastal shelter and nearshore transformations unresolvedIssued Sep 22, 10:08 PM GMT+1

Cefas Scarweather WaveNet Site · 51.4333,-3.9334 · 16 km from Rest Bay2.4 ft @ 15.4sObserved significant offshore wave height (Hm0), outer Bristol Channel; telemetry with preliminary automated quality checks, not local breaking surf. Magnetic direction withheld pending conversion validation. © Crown copyright 2026; Cefas data provided as is, without warranty or liability for use. Data policy: https://www.cefas.co.uk/data-and-publications/wavenet/data-policy/Observed Sep 23, 12:00 AM GMT+1

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Rest Bay
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	NW 2.1 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 2.2 ft @ 12s
1 AM	NW 3.5 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 2.3 ft @ 13s
2 AM	NW 3.7 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 2.4 ft @ 14s
3 AM	NNW 2.7 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 2.5 ft @ 13s
4 AM	WNW 3.3 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 2.6 ft @ 13s
5 AM	WNW 3.1 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 2.8 ft @ 12s
6 AM	W 7.4 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.0 ft @ 12s
7 AM	WNW 6.2 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.2 ft @ 11s
8 AM	W 8.6 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.3 ft @ 11s
9 AM	W 10.3 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.3 ft @ 10s
10 AM	W 11.3 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.4 ft @ 10s
11 AM	W 13.6 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.4 ft @ 10s
Noon	WNW 12.8 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.3 ft @ 10s
1 PM	NW 11.5 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.3 ft @ 10s
2 PM	NNW 10.1 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.3 ft @ 10s
3 PM	NNW 8.2 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.2 ft @ 10s
4 PM	NNW 8.6 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.1 ft @ 10s
5 PM	NNW 7 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.1 ft @ 10s
6 PM	NNW 5.2 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.0 ft @ 10s
7 PM	NNW 5.4 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.0 ft @ 10s
8 PM	N 3.7 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.0 ft @ 9s
9 PM	NNW 3.7 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.0 ft @ 9s
10 PM	NW 3.1 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 3.0 ft @ 9s
11 PM	N 2.1 ktunavailable	Unavailableunavailable	W 2.9 ft @ 9s

12 AMUnavailable

WindNW 2.1 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.2 ft @ 12s

1 AMUnavailable

WindNW 3.5 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.3 ft @ 13s

2 AMUnavailable

WindNW 3.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.4 ft @ 14s

3 AMUnavailable

WindNNW 2.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.5 ft @ 13s

4 AMUnavailable

WindWNW 3.3 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.6 ft @ 13s

5 AMUnavailable

WindWNW 3.1 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.8 ft @ 12s

6 AMUnavailable

WindW 7.4 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.0 ft @ 12s

7 AMUnavailable

WindWNW 6.2 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.2 ft @ 11s

8 AMUnavailable

WindW 8.6 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.3 ft @ 11s

9 AMUnavailable

WindW 10.3 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.3 ft @ 10s

10 AMUnavailable

WindW 11.3 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.4 ft @ 10s

11 AMUnavailable

WindW 13.6 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.4 ft @ 10s

NoonUnavailable

WindWNW 12.8 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.3 ft @ 10s

1 PMUnavailable

WindNW 11.5 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.3 ft @ 10s

2 PMUnavailable

WindNNW 10.1 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.3 ft @ 10s

3 PMUnavailable

WindNNW 8.2 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.2 ft @ 10s

4 PMUnavailable

WindNNW 8.6 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.1 ft @ 10s

5 PMUnavailable

WindNNW 7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.1 ft @ 10s

6 PMUnavailable

WindNNW 5.2 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.0 ft @ 10s

7 PMUnavailable

WindNNW 5.4 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.0 ft @ 10s

8 PMUnavailable

WindN 3.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.0 ft @ 9s

9 PMUnavailable

WindNNW 3.7 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.0 ft @ 9s

10 PMUnavailable

WindNW 3.1 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 3.0 ft @ 9s

11 PMUnavailable

WindN 2.1 ktunavailableTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellW 2.9 ft @ 9s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Beach and point break. Published named beach/break-area map coordinate; shoreline bearing and nearshore wave response unresolved. Regional sources use individual coastal points.

Mapped spot coordinate: 51.4888, -3.726.

Great Britain · Bristol Channel, Porthcawl coast · Coastline orientation unresolved · Location provenance

Model request point: Rest Bay (51.4888, -3.726). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 4/9 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier B · UK · spot-level model point

National or regional meteorological marine bulletin
Warnings and official marine narrative where no structured surf feed exists; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
Cefas Scarweather WaveNet Site · 51.4333,-3.9334 · 16 km from Rest Bay
Cefas Scarweather WaveNet Site · 51.4333,-3.9334 · 16 km from Rest Bay; Observed significant offshore wave height (Hm0), outer Bristol Channel; telemetry with preliminary automated quality checks, not local breaking surf. Magnetic direction withheld pending conversion validation. © Crown copyright 2026; Cefas data provided as is, without warranty or liability for use. Data policy: https://www.cefas.co.uk/data-and-publications/wavenet/data-policy/CurrentSep 23, 12:00 AM GMT+1
UK National Coastal Monitoring Real-Time Data
Wave buoys, tide gauges, and meteorology; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
UK Hydrographic Office Tidal API
Tide predictions; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
WorldTides API
Tide predictions and station lookup; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 23, 12:30 AM GMT+1
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 23, 12:30 AM GMT+1
Copernicus Marine Global Ocean Waves
Independent wave-model backend and cross-check; market adapter or station mapping not connectedUnavailableNo source time
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time
MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Rest Bay · grid 51.4646,-3.7593 (4 km)
MET Norway Ocean Forecast · Rest Bay · grid 51.4646,-3.7593 (4 km); Range across available hourly significant offshore wave forecasts for this local date; not breaking surf. Coastal shelter and nearshore transformations unresolvedCurrentSep 22, 10:08 PM GMT+1

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.