Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 BST
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Praa Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praa Sands sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Praa Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 2PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (13 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.6
W
1.2
WNW
3.5
SW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
6
W
6
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)1111111112111111111189101112131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25282366221621431786141911519326063611557246340136949102761159210991101811008586277150549842063129
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
15
W
10
SW
15
SSE
25
SSE
40
SSE
35
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
55
WSW
50
W
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
5.81
10:02PM
5.52
10:28AM
5.29
11:03PM
4.93
11:37AM
4.80
12:26AM
4.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
0.83
4:22AM
1.19
4:55PM
1.36
5:29AM
1.71
6:19PM
1.78
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset---7:39-------7:37-------7:36----
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11------21-1------------
Temp. °C151516151514141515181817161515141515151515151415
Feels °C (?)99101012121212913109766566778878
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (South)

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Praa Sands (moderate winds from the WSW at Culdrose Airport 9 km from Praa Sands). A 2.7m groundswell from the W is too big for here

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1 h 2 min ago

26 km/h
WSW
Onshore
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