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Today at Bantham Beach: Epic! for kite foiling — 97/100 for expert level. Wind 8 kn E · Waves 1.0 m, 6 s · Tide -1.3 to 0.5 m. Best window around 15:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Bantham Beach: 0.9m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 62°F.
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Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
A wide, Atlantic-facing sandy bay at the mouth of the River Avon, where shifting sandbars produce long, rideable waves for all levels, with rides up to 50-100m on the right. Best with SW swell and offshore NE wind, best September-February. Kitesurfers and paddleboarders use the bay too, kiting right of the flags. A permanent rip runs at the river mouth, stronger on the ebb. RNLI lifeguards patrol daily in summer; dogs banned 1 May-30 September.
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Bantham Beach scores 88/100 today for surfing at intermediate level — Excellent. Wind 8 kn E · Waves 1.0 m, 6 s · Tide -1.3 to 0.5 m. Best window around 23:00 UTC. Scores are updated hourly by 4Shor ShorSense™.
Wind at Bantham Beach today: 8 kn E (gusting 27 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects surfing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Bantham Beach today: 1.0 m, 6 s period from SE, mushy character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for surfing at Bantham Beach today is around 23:00 UTC, when conditions score 88/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Bantham Beach scores 72/100 today for surfing — Good. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Bantham Beach is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Bantham Beach is a coastal location near Bigbury-on-Sea in United Kingdom. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Bantham Beach, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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