Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 19 Jul 2025 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
17.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 3AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jul)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (19 Jul)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.6
S
1.1
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
2.5
SW
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.3
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)88888835677891010988777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)222221101011186428745237712382971079142326725523717311893575086
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
45
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
40
SW
30
SW
30
S
10
SE
10
NE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
4.07
12:29PM
3.87
12:57AM
3.92
1:37PM
3.84
2:07AM
3.84
2:44PM
3.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
0.79
6:57PM
1.01
7:37AM
0.98
8:17PM
1.09
8:56AM
1.01
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise---5:28-------5:31-------5:31----
Sunset-------9:20-------9:19-------9:17
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Rain (mm)
-------1411121112----1--
Temp. °C171616161818181717171616161717171615151618181818
Feels °C (?)171616171614141210131112101312161514141516141314
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (South)

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Caerhays (light winds from the WSW at Newquay Airport 25 km from Caerhays). 0.3m 9s swell from the WSW with a 0.1m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.1m 2s local chop from the W. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
WSW
15.8
17.3
Air / Water (°C)
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