Perran Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 BST
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Perran Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Perran Sands sea temperature is
10.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Perran Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Perran Sands at 12PM is: 4.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)18ft (5.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (12 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
4
3
3
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.2
WSW
1
SW
0.8
W
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)151616151414131312121211111110101010797778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142341381310637683849863305232817551342100577861851543234028423524891938989105255
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
4.47
2:23PM
4.46
2:52AM
4.85
3:24PM
4.93
3:43AM
5.37
4:09PM
5.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
2.24
8:43PM
2.15
9:21AM
1.80
9:40PM
1.68
10:08AM
1.27
10:25PM
1.17
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-6:33-------6:31-------6:30------
Sunset-----8:08-------8:10-------8:12--
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11121------------11-----
Temp. °C989910987779101010991010121313121212
Feels °C (?)0-12345544355566554899998
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