Cadgwith, Cornwall Weather
About Cadgwith, Cornwall
Cadgwith clings to the rugged Cornish coastline, where the Atlantic tides carve deep, salt-bitten fissures into the dark, craggy rock. It lies 8.9 miles south-south-east of Helston (from Helston: bearing 152°T, OS grid SW 721 145), and is situated south of Ruan Minor village. The harbour remains a theatre of relentless industry, where brightly painted crab boats rest upon the shingle, waiting for the swell to reclaim their wooden hulls. Fresh water from the Cadgwith Stream flows quietly toward the brine, offering a thin, silver ribbon of life that contrasts with the harsh, elemental theatre of the cliffs. Beyond the immediate shore, the Caerthillian to Kennack SSSI stretches across the headlands, protecting a wild expanse of serpentine geology where rare flora clings to the windswept soil. Sunlight here possesses a singular, piercing clarity, reflecting off the white-washed cottages and turning the sea into a shifting mosaic of deep indigo and foam-white. The rhythmic clatter of lobster pots against the quay serves as the heartbeat of Cadgwith, echoing a history built upon the unpredictable bounty of the deep. Such a place demands a quiet reverence, for the land does not merely hold the dwellings; it actively shapes the character of those who endure the winter gales.
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About This Cadgwith, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cadgwith, Cornwall, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cadgwith includes coordinates 49.987336, -5.18055, in the county of Cornwall, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cadgwith is available on the Cadgwith map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cornwall weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.