Northcott surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST
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Northcott surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Northcott sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Northcott today?

The current surf forecast for Northcott at 9PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)121111117991010111212121212111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96369551738217772496012321370172519441857154712361103988850736656563552490500431
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
SW
20
S
30
S
40
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
5.55
2:41AM
5.42
3:21PM
5.76
4:02AM
5.79
4:29PM
6.25
4:58AM
6.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
2.36
9:10AM
2.39
9:57PM
2.02
10:23AM
1.95
10:55PM
1.53
11:13AM
1.45
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:56-------6:58--
Sunset-7:30-------7:29-------7:25------
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--114--11-1-------------
Temp. °C151413141516161717171717171718202018161615151720
Feels °C (?)1010109810111213141413131314161716141413131517
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind at Fistral-North have swung cross-off (light winds from the SSW at Newquay Airport 8 km from Fistral-North). A 1.9m groundswell from the W

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11 km/h
SSW
0.0
17.3
Air / Water (°C)
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