Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 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
11.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 1PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)15151515151414141313612121212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)788915939724623412293186136106113800149152127949087709781594745
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26PM
4.55
5:40AM
4.81
6:02PM
4.80
6:18AM
4.96
6:39PM
4.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
0.06
12:00AM
0.05
12:22PM
-0.23
12:41AM
-0.23
1:03PM
-0.38
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:24-------6:22-------6:20------
Sunset-----8:14-------8:15-------8:16--
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C11101212121211111111111211111099910111110910
Feels °C (?)668778666558787666676666
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