Holywell Bay Surf Forecast

/ Cornwall (North) (59 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Holywell Bay surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST

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

Today's Holywell Bay sea temperature is 17.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Holywell Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Holywell Bay at 5AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s
Evening (16 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	11s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	6830	5338	4178	2878	2221	1750	1301	872	749	661	854	906	1297	1778	2112	2398	2507	2531	1976	1610	1444	1230	1045	988
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:28AM 4.73					1:13PM 4.79				2:10AM 4.67				2:49PM 4.97				3:31AM 4.98				3:56PM 5.39
Low Tide / height (m)					7:05AM 2.13				8:06PM 1.97				8:45AM 2.01				9:31PM 1.67				9:56AM 1.62

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	17
Feels °C (?)	6	6	7	8	10	10	11	12	12	8	8	10	10	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Holywell Bay (fresh winds from the W at Newquay Airport 13 km from Holywell Bay). A 3.5m groundswell from the W is too big for here
2 hours 3 minutes ago Holywell Bay

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2 h 3 min ago

37 km/h

Cross-On

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