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Little Fistral surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Little Fistral surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Fistral sea temperature is
10.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Little Fistral today?

The current surf forecast for Little Fistral at 2PM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (16 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s
Evening (16 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
!
!
!
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5
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)161515151515141414131313121212111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35554204548160576079530042873645304825602117173912901005792556459389326252242196192194
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
30
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
S
5
N
0
WNW
5
WNW
0
ESE
0
WSW
0
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
5.15
4:17AM
5.43
4:38PM
5.45
4:57AM
5.76
5:15PM
5.72
5:33AM
6.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
1.66
10:15PM
1.52
10:40AM
1.34
10:56PM
1.21
11:19AM
1.04
11:32PM
0.93
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise8:14-------8:12-------8:11-------
Sunset--4:45-------4:46-------4:49-----
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thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-112111-----------------
Temp. °C8101088777810109988789888888
Feels °C (?)233343334665545468776777
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