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Fistral-South surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 GMT
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Fistral-South surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fistral-South sea temperature is
10.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fistral-South today?

The current surf forecast for Fistral-South at 11AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (17 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (17 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

Table - waves today at Fistral-South. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
W
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212111111111212121314141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44403662273323051703117081962562864569869887814441347144443648709907284916130430132132147
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
E
20
SE
30
SE
40
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
20
E
20
N
40
NNW
40
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
6.24
5:30PM
6.19
5:46AM
6.60
6:03PM
6.47
6:19AM
6.83
6:37PM
6.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
0.55
11:46PM
0.45
12:07PM
0.26
12:18AM
0.23
12:40PM
0.10
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise--7:28-------7:26-------7:24-----
Sunset----5:39-------5:42-------5:43---
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C876676776778986566788899
Feels °C (?)1220-1-3-4-2-2-1-2-143-3-4-3-200-1-124
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