Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
9.5° 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: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (04 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (04 Feb)7ft (2.2m)7s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
2.2
ESE
2.4
ESE
2
ESE
1.3
SSW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414677777101420191818171717161611151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62346634122831233243757142331420685123251572134211871050886643627784164815681389
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
45
ESE
35
ESE
45
E
45
E
45
E
25
E
15
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
4.85
7:03PM
4.50
7:18AM
4.79
7:39PM
4.43
7:54AM
4.63
8:14PM
4.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
-0.23
1:28AM
-0.07
1:52PM
-0.09
2:05AM
0.11
2:27PM
0.15
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise--7:48-------7:48-------7:46-----
Sunset----5:16-------5:17-------5:20---
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
1111---11----11-----1-11
Temp. °C9999999910101011111099109101111101010
Feels °C (?)32101-10-15655654676555656
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