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Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
10.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 12AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
S
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)88891110101210101010101010101010101010101414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)695984800750101676187011866365614806637494077253412762581901601118510296
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
50
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
W
25
N
30
N
25
N
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
W
10
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
3.51
11:50AM
3.51
12:27AM
3.42
12:52PM
3.40
1:28AM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:08PM
1.26
5:31AM
1.50
6:07PM
1.50
6:45AM
1.67
7:27PM
1.60
8:14AM
1.64
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------8:15-------8:14-------8:12-
Sunset4:37-------4:39-------4:40-------
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
12----111----1322-------
Temp. °C121311111111111111101011111110887666678
Feels °C (?)444344444567778311022233
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