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Church Cove in South Cornwall is a fairly exposed beach break that only works once in a while. Summer in particular tends to be flat. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around low tide. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Surfing here means negotiating dangerous rips.

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Overall Church Cove Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Use this relief map to navigate to United-Kingdom - Cornwall South surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Church Cove

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Church Cove:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Poldhu Cove	1 mi
Second closest break	Gunwalloe	1 mi
Third closest break	Porthleven	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Kennack Sands	6 mi
Fifth closest break	Praa Sands	6 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Church Cove:
Closest wave buoy	Sevenstones Buoy	37 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Channel Islands Buoy	106 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	108 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Aberporth Buoy	160 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Brittany Buoy	229 mi
Tide stations nearest to Church Cove:
Closest tide station	Newlyn, England	12 mi
Second closest tide station	Newlyn, England	12 mi
Third closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England	47 mi
Fourth closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England - READ flaterc	47 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Devonport, England	53 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Church Cove:
Closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	319 mi
Second closest ski area	Weardale Ski Club (United Kingdom)	347 mi
Third closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	347 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Harwood Common (United Kingdom)	347 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Allenheads (United Kingdom)	354 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Church Cove:
Closest city location	Mullion (United Kingdom)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Porthleven (United Kingdom)	4 mi
Third closest city location	The Lizard (United Kingdom)	8 mi
Fourth closest city location	Penryn (United Kingdom)	11 mi
Fifth closest city location	Falmouth (United Kingdom)	11 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Church Cove is St Mawgan (Newquai) Airport (NQY) in England, 49 km (30 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Church Cove is Plymouth Airport (PLH), also in England, 93 km (58 miles) away.
• Third is Exeter Airport (EXT) in England, 153 km (95 miles) away.
• Guipavas (Brest) Airport (BES) in France is 188 km (117 miles) away.
• Ploujean (Morlaix) Airport (MXN), also in France is the fifth nearest airport to Church Cove and is 192 km (119 miles) away.