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Gwithian surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 GMT
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Gwithian surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gwithian sea temperature is
10.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gwithian today?

The current surf forecast for Gwithian at 9AM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)13ft (4.0m)15s
Afternoon (29 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (29 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
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)
!
!
!
!
2
2
3
1
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
4
WSW
7
WSW
7.5
WSW
7
WSW
6.5
WSW
6.5
WSW
6.5
WSW
6
WSW
6
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
W
5
WSW
4.5
W
4
W
Period(s) (?)161615141413131212191918181717161616161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8152882863135192362732102845262940803263438863331532690825357235071992716819155121529215713140681215987337033
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
S
20
ENE
35
NW
40
WNW
35
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
4.86
1:55PM
4.91
2:32AM
5.12
3:07PM
5.21
3:36AM
5.54
4:06PM
5.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
1.58
8:27PM
1.49
9:07AM
1.25
9:37PM
1.14
10:10AM
0.83
10:32PM
0.74
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise--8:00-------7:58-------7:56-----
Sunset----5:08-------5:09-------5:12---
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
111-35--1--4102--12----13
Temp. °C98910910989997788889910101097
Feels °C (?)234325420142-1-10013344533
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