Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Caerhays today (20 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 9PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 12s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Caerhays. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu morning, severe gales from the WNW by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 6 | S 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 15 | 19 | 85 | 108 | 46 | 786 | 501 | 799 | 585 | 133 | 597 | 435 | 396 | 123 | 112 | 100 | 122 | 205 | 997 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide | 1:32PM3.31m | 2:15AM3.22m | 2:37PM3.51m | 3:11AM3.49m | 3:25PM3.80m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:36PM1.68m | 8:10AM1.70m | 9:02PM1.42m | 9:24AM1.40m | 9:57PM1.04m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Temp °C | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Feels °C | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SW 13 | — | — | WSW 12 | — | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | W 11 |
| kJ | 15 | 19 | 19 | 108 | 46 | 10 | 501 | — | — | 133 | — | 435 | 396 | 101 | 112 | 55 | 54 | 27 | 303 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | W 8 | E 6 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 123 | 56 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | — | — | E 6 | E 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 3 | S 4 | S 5 | W 3 | W 4 | WSW 13 | WNW 4 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 8 | SW 12 | W 4 | W 3 | W 3 | — | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 6 | S 8 |
| kJ | 1 | 10 | 85 | 2 | 36 | 786 | 38 | 799 | 585 | 122 | 597 | 10 | 6 | 1 | — | 100 | 122 | 205 | 997 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 37 | 39 | 248 | 49 | 159 | 538 | 551 | 551 | 538 | 540 | 285 | 285 | 165 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 216 | 417 | 291 |
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