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Northcott surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 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
11.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Northcott today?

The current surf forecast for Northcott at 10AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)1010109914131312121212111111111110101016111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6866454327415989108146103103666337372020885233
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
25
E
25
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
7.95
8:45PM
7.82
9:09AM
7.51
9:31PM
7.38
9:59AM
6.91
10:23PM
6.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
-0.05
2:28PM
0.19
2:52AM
0.28
3:12PM
0.65
3:40AM
0.78
4:02PM
1.22
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:13-------6:11-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:22-------8:23--
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C98101212118854711121297669111211108
Feels °C (?)54578744-1-3-13451-2-3-2134432
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