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Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 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
12.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 8AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (09 Dec)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (09 Dec)15ft (4.5m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SSW
3
WSW
4
SSW
5
SSW
4
SSW
5.5
SW
4.5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
WSW
1.9
SSW
2.3
W
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.5
S
1.7
S
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1016101013141313131213121211111511141466141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363443823141479350811183965384447675110131703616483341256441382257121162228407667565
Wind
(km/h)
60
SSW
55
SSW
60
S
65
SSW
45
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
4.51
8:25PM
4.01
8:48AM
4.26
9:26PM
3.77
9:50AM
4.01
10:33PM
3.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
0.22
2:52AM
0.52
3:25PM
0.54
3:41AM
0.85
4:17PM
0.86
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
Sunrise--8:06-------8:07-------8:07-----
Sunset----4:15-------4:15-------4:15---
mod rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
8-22--------------------
Temp. °C141414141212121111111111111010111111111212121212
Feels °C (?)343234655666766654455655
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