Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 26 Feb 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 12PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (26 Feb)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (26 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
4
SW
1.6
S
1.2
S
1
S
1
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)1615151414777810877818181616161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)462313301248999279353620783283735814694147122152132130367245223214208131
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
30
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
20
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
3.48
12:51AM
3.56
1:42PM
3.46
2:22AM
3.71
3:06PM
3.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
1.29
6:51PM
1.40
7:48AM
1.31
8:27PM
1.27
9:11AM
1.00
9:36PM
0.91
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:09-------7:07-------7:05-----
Sunset----5:54-------5:55-------5:58---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1231-----1-----1---
Temp. °C101011111110101011889109988771010999
Feels °C (?)544443213135875554475543
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