Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 BST
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Caerhays surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Caerhays sea temperature is
10.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 11AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSE
0.5
WSW
1.2
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1313121212121211111141055561819181616161517
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11443882231499668130123773036576391120145388520985875653471387419
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
5
SSW
15
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
4.51
8:00PM
4.47
8:16AM
4.31
8:31PM
4.28
8:48AM
4.06
9:03PM
4.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09AM
0.14
2:23PM
0.25
2:40AM
0.32
2:54PM
0.49
3:12AM
0.57
3:25PM
0.77
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise-6:48-------6:46-------6:43------
Sunset-----7:55-------7:58-------8:00--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8889109899999101011111110111112121313
Feels °C (?)-1-11345553333434442335579
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