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 6 am Thursday 18 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 16.8° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	11s
Evening (18 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	10s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	W	WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2104	1902	1562	1300	1048	917	739	681	667	683	627	574	512	445	355	295	289	281	243	165	255	404	1855	2369
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:31AM 4.98				3:56PM 5.39					4:25AM 5.40				4:44PM 5.83				5:07AM 5.80				5:23PM 6.19
Low Tide / height (m)			9:56AM 1.62					10:29PM 1.25				10:47AM 1.20				11:13PM 0.86				11:27AM 0.83				11:49PM 0.57

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	16	13	14
Feels °C (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	13	15	16	17	15	16	14	14	13	12	9	10	3	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Holywell Bay (moderate winds from the SW at Newquay Airport 13 km from Holywell Bay). 2.6m 12s groundswell from the W with a 1.0m 6s windswell, also from the W. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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