Gwithian surf break

Gwithian surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 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
12.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Gwithian today?

The current surf forecast for Gwithian at 12PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)13ft (4.0m)15s
Afternoon (03 Dec)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (03 Dec)8ft (2.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
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1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
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0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.4
W
3.5
WSW
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
2.3
WNW
3.5
SSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1415151414141313101212121313151516161616991212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)595763746052530642013434202341053339439343204022425859226691726573776917611725132007228739315370
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
45
W
35
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
SW
30
S
45
SSE
60
SSE
45
SW
40
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
5.84
3:30PM
6.07
3:56AM
6.20
4:20PM
6.30
4:44AM
6.44
5:09PM
6.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
0.58
9:53PM
0.37
10:18AM
0.27
10:42PM
0.19
11:08AM
0.07
11:30PM
0.13
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise--8:00-------8:02-------8:03-----
Sunset----4:20-------4:20-------4:20---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----121-11111----23411-
Temp. °C989111011109988988888981014131212
Feels °C (?)5456441-10-101122342-2-26512
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