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Falmouth - Swanpool surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Falmouth - Swanpool surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Falmouth - Swanpool sea temperature is
10.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Falmouth - Swanpool today?

The current surf forecast for Falmouth - Swanpool at 2AM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
WSW
0.3
E
0.3
E
1.9
W
Period(s) (?)15151514141413131312344444131344214417
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8748777864985549444435582846240219051437461113101035357442330
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
4.42
4:30PM
4.25
4:52AM
4.60
5:09PM
4.42
5:29AM
4.77
5:45PM
4.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
1.62
11:00AM
1.52
11:09PM
1.40
11:35AM
1.30
11:44PM
1.18
12:09PM
1.09
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----8:11-------8:11-------8:10---
Sunset------4:47-------4:50-------4:51-
rain showers
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rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C88889101099999899989888998
Feels °C (?)333345555566577767655666
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