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Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 22 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
10.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 2AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (23 Jan)10ft (3.0m)18s
Evening (23 Jan)16ft (5.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
!
1
0
0
0
0
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1.9
SE
1.7
SSE
2.4
S
5
SSW
3
SSW
5.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4.5
WSW
4.5
S
4
SSE
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
6
WSW
2.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)151466817181710915981518171616151514141716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)489362232225753129775296165374716368288053075204011851789244216650215786050340746611471230
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
40
SE
50
SE
40
S
50
SSE
65
SE
75
SE
60
SSE
60
S
65
S
50
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSE
25
WSW
30
W
15
SW
20
S
30
SSE
25
ESE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
4.32
7:43AM
4.63
8:05PM
4.29
8:21AM
4.54
8:46PM
4.20
9:05AM
4.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.17
2:30PM
0.10
2:44AM
0.28
3:10PM
0.24
3:26AM
0.47
3:54PM
0.47
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise----8:04-------8:03-------8:03---
Sunset------4:55-------4:58-------5:00-
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
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light rain
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clear
Rain (mm)
--3311332212354---21----
Temp. °C897887799888889888876776
Feels °C (?)41-4-1-3-7-8-3-3-5-2-3-3-2314311-1133
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