Watergate Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-Kingdom – Cornwall North)

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Surf Break: Watergate Bay

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Surf Break: Watergate Bay

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Surf Break: Watergate Bay

Photo credit: Nick Russill
Surf Break: Watergate Bay

Watergate Bay Spot ID:

Type: beach

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell WNW | Wind SE

Sea Temperature Today is: 12.9 °C

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Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 21:04 Local time

m, °C	Wednesday 19			Thu
ft, °F	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Wave (m)	W	W	W	W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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Watergate Bay in North Cornwall is a fairly exposed beach break that has reasonably consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the southeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west northwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. The quality of the surf isn't affected by the tide. Likely to be crowded if working. Watch out for dangerous rips.

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United Kingdom wave energy surf 12 hr forecast

Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Falmouth, England, 34 miles from Watergate Bay.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
LOW TIDE

Watergate Bay Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At Culdrose Airport, 45 km from Watergate Bay.

moderate winds from the NNE

km/h

Air temperature
16 °C

Current weather near Watergate Bay

Buoy Data:

At Sevenstones Buoy, 53 miles from Watergate Bay.

	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Average period (s)	6	6	6	6

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Overall Watergate Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in June

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Visitor Reviews of Watergate Bay

Q, VoG from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

A beautiful spot and relatively free of trashy tourists and localism due to the limited accommodation, few houses and small car park. The beach is km's long and any crowds that do build up tend to thin out towards the north of the beach even on a sunny summers day.

The waves vary with the tide depending on the setup of the banks, breaking left and right for rides up to about 50-100m. The wave character ranges over the whole spectrum from short intense hollow close outs (often at low tide) to long lazy rides, so patience helps. It can get quite big here up to 1.5x overhead and larger on occasion but it can also be a killer paddle out (sometimes unmakeable), particularly if there are two swells running.

A Jamie Oliver restaurant has opened on the beach front but the beach cafe below has more cred and is a lot cheaper of course. The Phoenix pub next to the car park is a class act, really friendly with good vibes. A good camp site is a short walk inland.

2010-03-10

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Watergate Bay: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Beacon Cove	1 mi
Second closest break	Mawgan Porth	1 mi
Third closest break	Whipsiderry	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Lusty Glaze	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Porth Beach	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Watergate Bay:
Closest wave buoy	Sevenstones Buoy	53 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	80 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Channel Islands Buoy	103 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Aberporth Buoy	130 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	M2 Lambay Buoy	209 mi
Tide stations nearest to Watergate Bay:
Closest tide station	Falmouth	21 mi
Second closest tide station	Newlyn	33 mi
Third closest tide station	Plymouth (Devonport)	39 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Ilfracombe	67 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Saint Mary's, Isles Of Scilly	67 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Watergate Bay:
Closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	289 mi
Second closest ski area	Harwood Common (United Kingdom)	317 mi
Third closest ski area	Weardale Ski Club (United Kingdom)	317 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	317 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Allenheads (United Kingdom)	323 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Watergate Bay:
Closest city location	Plymouth (United Kingdom)	39 mi
Second closest city location	Barnstaple (United Kingdom)	61 mi
Third closest city location	Newton Abbot (United Kingdom)	64 mi
Fourth closest city location	Paignton (United Kingdom)	65 mi
Fifth closest city location	Teignbridge (United Kingdom)	68 mi

The closest passenger airport to Watergate Bay is St Mawgan (Newquai) Airport (NQY) in England, 4 km (2 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Watergate Bay is Plymouth Airport (PLH), also in England, 67 km (42 miles) away.
Third is Exeter Airport (EXT) in England, 119 km (74 miles) away.
Swansea Airport (SWS) in Wales is 145 km (90 miles) away.
Cardiff Airport (CWL), also in Wales is the fifth nearest airport to Watergate Bay and is 159 km (99 miles) away.

Watergate Bay break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Watergate Bay, Cornwall North. Use the tab navigation above to view Watergate Bay sea temperature, Watergate Bay photographs, Watergate Bay detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Watergate Bay webcams, current wind from Cornwall North live weather stations and Watergate Bay tide predictions. The United Kingdom swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United Kingdom and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United Kingdom wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Watergate Bay.

Watergate Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-Kingdom – Cornwall North)

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Overall Watergate Bay Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in June

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