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Lat Long: 50.14° N 5.08° W

Falmouth - Swanpool 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Falmouth - Swanpool sea temperature is
16.6°C
2.2° 

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 (13 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Falmouth - Swanpool at 8PM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (13 Oct)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (13 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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)
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
2.5
WSW
10
2.5
WSW
10
2.3
WSW
10
2.2
WSW
10
2.1
WSW
10
2.1
WSW
10
2.1
WSW
10
2
WSW
10
2
WSW
10
1.6
SW
9
2.1
WSW
12
2.4
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
3
WSW
15
0.8
S
4
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
13
3
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1724
1614
1340
1220
1053
942
863
855
855
804
776
433
1190
1632
2186
4697
26
3993
3595
2933
2897
Wind (km/h)
30
W
30
W
30
W
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
7:15AM5.06m
7:32PM4.99m
7:47AM4.97m
8:04PM4.76m
8:20AM4.80m
8:37PM4.48m
Low Tide
1:59PM0.71m
2:14AM0.86m
2:32PM0.92m
2:44AM1.10m
3:05PM1.19m
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clear
clear
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7:41
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Temp °C
16
16
16
15
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
15
16
16
17
16
18
18
16
17
Feels °C
11
10
11
13
12
14
13
13
12
10
11
11
12
13
13
15
13
14
15
14
14
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