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Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 26 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
10.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 9AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (26 Jan)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (26 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
WSW
1.1
S
1.6
S
2.4
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
5
S
6
SSW
4
SSW
6.5
WSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)151413957899101013141413121818181818171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54339522219014652611031755230823984961117016600169101622110615501741174117411901177417121432
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
10
S
15
S
35
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
50
S
55
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
25
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
4.14
10:34PM
3.88
11:04AM
3.89
11:46PM
3.75
12:22PM
3.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.72
4:44PM
0.75
5:10AM
0.99
5:47PM
1.03
6:26AM
1.19
7:10PM
1.18
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
Sunrise--8:02-------8:00-------7:58-----
Sunset----5:00-------5:02-------5:05---
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light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----451933111-21---111111
Temp. °C899109101012121088876678999999
Feels °C (?)365301342-1-1-1-113433211210
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