Gwithian surf break

Gwithian surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 28 Mar 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
10.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Gwithian today?

The current surf forecast for Gwithian at 11AM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.9m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (28 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
W
1.7
W
2.1
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
4
W
3.5
W
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616151414131313121212788181717161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3957376417181525289526131299117499574882712365849821198559156917754677041293549270023942098
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
4.66
1:48PM
4.59
2:19AM
5.00
2:55PM
4.99
3:16AM
5.43
3:43PM
5.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
1.70
8:17PM
1.68
8:57AM
1.30
9:18PM
1.26
9:47AM
0.89
10:03PM
0.86
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise--6:07-------6:05-------6:03-----
Sunset-----6:45-------6:47-------6:49--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C8878889988999910111099109101011
Feels °C (?)0-1-2-1-11343221113433443568
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Gwithian surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest