The Breakwater-St Ives surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 BST
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The Breakwater-St Ives surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Breakwater-St Ives sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at The Breakwater-St Ives today?

The current surf forecast for The Breakwater-St Ives at 2PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (27 Aug)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (27 Aug)10ft (3.0m)12s

Table - waves today at The Breakwater-St Ives. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)141313131212121212121212111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)472337813184270223362258228822512417254426712588211417671583155414181160117923849968937991737
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
35
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
5.62
8:25PM
5.67
8:41AM
5.40
8:57PM
5.34
9:14AM
5.10
9:31PM
4.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
0.57
2:45AM
0.70
2:57PM
0.85
3:15AM
1.02
3:30PM
1.18
3:48AM
1.39
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunrise-------6:28-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset---8:17-------8:15-------8:13----
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
4--1-11111--1--13-------
Temp. °C181818171616161616171717161617161718181717171717
Feels °C (?)131413131212111110101011121112121113141313141413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at The Breakwater-St Ives (moderate winds from the W at Land's End Airport 19 km from The Breakwater-St Ives). A 2.8m groundswell from the WNW

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19 km away, 1 h 28 min ago

20 km/h
W
0.0
17.6
Air / Water (°C)
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