Little Fistral surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Little Fistral today?

The current surf forecast for Little Fistral at 6AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
W
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
W
1.2
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121111111010101010101010109999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2909254821041760154311911065917725698667696697574502432363302246240106106138205
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
S
15
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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)
9:31PM
1.67
9:56AM
1.62
10:29PM
1.25
10:47AM
1.20
11:13PM
0.86
11:27AM
0.83
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:58--------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset-------7:28-------7:25-------7:23
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717171818181717161616171818171615151516181817
Feels °C (?)131414131414141414131414151516171514141413151612
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Little Fistral (moderate winds from the SW at Newquay Airport 7 km from Little Fistral). A 2.7m groundswell from the W

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24 km/h
SW
Cross-Shore
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