Looe surf break

Looe surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 GMT
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Looe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Looe sea temperature is
10.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Looe today?

The current surf forecast for Looe at 9AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.5
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
3
S
4
S
4
S
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111111101010101220181716161616799999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27278126121767572414038539933847510059697425391036237626821067713809
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
0
ENE
0
ESE
0
NNW
0
E
0
N
5
S
10
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
15
W
10
W
20
SSW
35
S
60
SSE
60
SSE
30
S
20
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
4.19
5:36PM
4.08
5:54AM
4.41
6:13PM
4.23
6:28AM
4.58
6:46PM
4.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
0.66
11:47PM
0.57
12:10PM
0.41
12:22AM
0.36
12:45PM
0.21
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise--8:08-------8:07-------8:07-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:47-------4:50---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------1----679113
Temp. °C88899988888109878981087998
Feels °C (?)55688877654534430-4-22211-1
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