Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST
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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
16.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 5AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)11s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)14131313121212121145566613131313121212511
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6544883162261501208346422453861131802172842682311991411041017866
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
3.41
1:09PM
3.50
2:09AM
3.33
2:46PM
3.57
3:34AM
3.48
3:58PM
3.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
1.44
7:53PM
1.40
8:35AM
1.47
9:27PM
1.22
9:54AM
1.20
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset-------7:31-------7:29-------7:27
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C141414141516151515151515161617171716171718181716
Feels °C (?)778910121112121099111213141413151515151414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (South)

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind at Caerhays have swung cross-off (fresh winds from the W at Newquay Airport 25 km from Caerhays). 1.3m 9s swell from the WSW with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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37 km/h
W
0.0
16.5
Air / Water (°C)
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