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Carbis Bay surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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Carbis Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carbis Bay sea temperature is
10.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carbis Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Carbis Bay at 7PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
3
3
4
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
5
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.6
WNW
2.2
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)141313131212121111111110101010111111181616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)424933872877224317091225986711596448372300242282237287298476144725165200488842933966
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
20
S
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25PM
4.98
4:44AM
5.27
5:03PM
5.21
5:20AM
5.53
5:38PM
5.40
5:55AM
5.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
1.23
10:47PM
1.11
11:11AM
0.95
11:24PM
0.85
11:47AM
0.72
11:59PM
0.64
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise8:12-------8:12-------8:11-------
Sunset--4:49-------4:51-------4:52-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C810109998879988777791088799
Feels °C (?)355555454776644445534232
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