Caerhays surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 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
11.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caerhays today?

The current surf forecast for Caerhays at 2AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.6
E
0.2
WSW
0.5
E
0.7
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1212121212111111111111111111111010104104456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14914912794901551018181594745222922111010151071666135
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
30
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
4.80
6:18AM
4.96
6:39PM
4.95
6:57AM
4.98
7:17PM
4.96
7:38AM
4.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41AM
-0.23
1:03PM
-0.38
1:23AM
-0.37
1:44PM
-0.37
2:06AM
-0.35
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:18-------6:16--
Sunset-8:15-------8:16-------8:19------
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C1011109991011111099999101010109981010
Feels °C (?)677655566666665567754342
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