Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 05 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
9.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 10PM is: 1.4m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)--
Afternoon (05 Feb)5ft (1.6m)19s
Evening (05 Feb)5ft (1.5m)18s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.6
SW
3.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
4.5
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
WSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1918181717171616151515141213141313121010108108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17311572134211879408756437011592189810454131143763663391603551333624305264210134151107
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
20
S
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
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
4.43
7:54AM
4.63
8:14PM
4.29
8:29AM
4.39
8:50PM
4.09
9:07AM
4.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52PM
-0.09
2:05AM
0.11
2:27PM
0.15
2:40AM
0.37
3:01PM
0.47
3:14AM
0.69
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise------7:46-------7:45-------7:43-
Sunset5:17-------5:20-------5:22-------
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111--11-111123111-------
Temp. °C11101010101010111099910101012111099991011
Feels °C (?)656787553222423666666676
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