Fistral-South surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fistral-South today?

The current surf forecast for Fistral-South at 1PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121114141313131212121212121511111010101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205103152152127111736086552914141366433117145139134134290
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
45
E
45
E
40
E
45
E
45
E
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
6.46
8:57PM
6.36
9:24AM
5.94
9:49PM
5.88
10:23AM
5.39
10:53PM
5.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.25
2:51PM
0.58
3:20AM
0.68
3:43PM
1.07
4:19AM
1.17
4:45PM
1.55
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:15-------6:13-------6:11------
Sunset-----8:22-------8:24-------8:25--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C87710111110988101111111210109111313121110
Feels °C (?)20-12330-1-2-212334332455422
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