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Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK
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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
12.7° 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 9PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm May 13). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 May) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (13 May) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 16s |
| Evening (13 May) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Caerhays. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Wed morning, light winds from the WNW by Fri night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | Sat 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW 16 | WSW 10 | SSW 16 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | W 8 | |
10 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 57 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 3:22PM3.93m | 3:37AM4.21m | 4:06PM4.25m | 4:22AM4.48m | 4:49PM4.55m | 5:07AM4.69m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:25AM0.87m | 9:50PM0.90m | 10:20AM0.51m | 10:43PM0.51m | 11:09AM0.18m | 11:32PM0.15m | ||||||||||||||||||
5:35 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | |
— | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:58 | — | — | — | 9:00 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 8 | SW 15 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | W 10 | W 10 | S 13 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 |
2 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 5 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 10 | SW 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | S 14 | S 14 | W 7 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 |
4 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 8 | SW 7 | SW 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SW 16 | SW 5 | W 10 | SW 5 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | — | — | SW 13 | — | — | — | — |
10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | N 3 | N 3 | N 3 | N 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | — | W 8 |
20 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 57 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 740 | 734 | 734 | 734 | 300 | 75 | 707 | 75 | 230 | 1056 | 1123 | 580 | 152 | 151 | 227 | 264 | 270 | 224 | 287 | 301 | 62 | 226 | 28 | 0 |
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