Little Fistral surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm 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 7PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)6ft (1.9m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
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!
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
SW
2.5
WSW
4
W
3.5
WNW
2.5
NW
1.8
NNW
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.6
N
Period(s) (?)1111101010101010101099999979988887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116591772571266769671057450243536730728924319318256923691716931394351331272
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
W
15
WSW
20
NW
30
W
15
SW
25
SSW
15
WSW
25
WNW
15
W
5
WSW
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
5.39
4:25AM
5.40
4:44PM
5.83
5:07AM
5.80
5:23PM
6.19
5:43AM
6.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29PM
1.25
10:47AM
1.20
11:13PM
0.86
11:27AM
0.83
11:49PM
0.57
12:01PM
0.56
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-7:28-------7:25-------7:23------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------12163--1----
Temp. °C181716161515161818171616161616131514131312121314
Feels °C (?)141413131313131416161615151614101010910691112
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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 SSW at Newquay Airport 7 km from Little Fistral). A 2.4m groundswell from the WSW

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20 km/h
SSW
Cross-Shore
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