Hawkes Point Surf Forecast

/ Cornwall (North) (59 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Hawkes Point surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 BST

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Hawkes Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Hawkes Point sea temperature is 16.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Hawkes Point today?

The current surf forecast for Hawkes Point at 6PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	5s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s
Evening (20 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

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

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	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	E	N	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	50	32	42	38	50	58	37	61	40	42	47	109	204	248	251	295	266	261	294	241	221	177	173	161
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	S	SW	W	NNW	NNE	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:49PM 4.96					4:21AM 4.96				4:44PM 5.34				5:10AM 5.29				5:29PM 5.68				5:51AM 5.55
Low Tide / height (m)	9:51AM 1.44					10:27PM 1.14				10:49AM 1.07				11:19PM 0.78				11:36AM 0.73				12:02AM 0.48

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	17	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	16
Feels °C (?)	14	14	15	14	13	13	14	15	17	15	17	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	15	17	16	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Hawkes Point (moderate winds from the NNE at Land's End Airport 18 km from Hawkes Point). 0.9m 5s windswell from the NNE with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 59 minutes ago Hawkes Point

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18 km away, 1 h 59 min ago

26 km/h

NNE

0.0

16.4

Air / Water (°C)

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