Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 12 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
10.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 10PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)--
Afternoon (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
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 (?)
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.3
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.7
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
S
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)151414131312812777745665576513136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)449261163116655928262726181915558674361640423959109154
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
35
S
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:28-------6:26--
Sunset-8:07-------8:08-------8:10------
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1------------12--------1
Temp. °C10977779101010910101011121212121212121311
Feels °C (?)444555554666546889988775
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