Towan surf break

Towan surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 GMT
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Towan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Towan sea temperature is
10.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Towan today?

The current surf forecast for Towan at 10AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 2.0m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
0.5
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121212111111111111222018171616151514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2435692503960736615510492546151149187268731107415321286108210288116516241011915
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38AM
4.92
11:19PM
4.91
12:14PM
4.66
12:59AM
4.90
1:50PM
4.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:28AM
1.69
5:07PM
2.00
6:08AM
1.96
6:53PM
2.09
7:48AM
1.80
8:19PM
1.79
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise--6:11-------6:07-------6:05-----
Sunset-----6:42-------6:43-------6:45--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C888888899910111189888788899
Feels °C (?)011223344556631-1-10-2-1-1034
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