Falmouth - Swanpool Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.14° N 5.08° W

Falmouth - Swanpool 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Falmouth - Swanpool sea temperature is
17.8°C
1.9° 

Falmouth - Swanpool surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Falmouth - Swanpool today (17 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Falmouth - Swanpool at 8PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat night).

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
W
8
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
13
2.1
W
11
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
1.7
WSW
8
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
15
0.1
S
15
0.1
SW
14
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
3
3
3
3
0
3
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
373
5
4
4
8
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:34AM4.49m
9:55PM4.23m
10:19AM4.20m
10:46PM3.87m
11:23AM3.92m
Low Tide
4:08PM1.48m
4:22AM1.68m
4:47PM1.84m
5:00AM2.01m
5:36PM2.17m
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:58
7:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:28
7:25
 mm
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
11
10
9
11
10
10
10
11
12
11
10
11
13
13
13
14
13
15
15
15
16
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