Falmouth - Swanpool Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.14° N 5.08° W

Falmouth - Swanpool 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Falmouth - Swanpool sea temperature is
18.1°C
1.3° 

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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Falmouth - Swanpool at 8AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (28 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (28 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu night, near gales from the WSW by Sat morning).

Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
6
0.8
SW
6
0.7
WSW
6
1
WSW
6
0.1
SW
11
0.1
SW
11
1.8
WSW
7
1.5
WSW
7
1.5
SW
6
1.7
SW
6
2.1
SW
7
2.3
SW
7
3.5
WSW
8
4
WSW
10
3.5
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
2.5
WSW
9
2.2
WSW
9
2.1
WSW
9
2
WSW
9
2
WSW
9
2.3
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
3
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
70
46
44
82
5
5
297
205
172
216
422
589
1865
2806
2201
1665
1119
784
660
616
618
613
844
1317
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
40
S
30
SW
55
SW
55
WSW
45
W
35
W
30
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
30
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:12AM4.66m
6:27PM5.00m
6:42AM4.84m
6:57PM5.16m
7:12AM4.97m
7:28PM5.26m
Low Tide
00:32AM1.05m
12:42PM0.95m
1:03AM0.82m
1:14PM0.75m
1:36AM0.65m
1:48PM0.63m
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6:28
6:28
6:31
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8:14
8:12
8:08
 mm
1
6
7
5
1
4
Temp °C
17
16
16
19
20
19
18
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
19
19
17
17
17
Feels °C
16
14
14
15
15
13
14
15
13
12
14
10
9
11
12
13
14
15
15
15
13
13
12
11
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