Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
10.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praa Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 6PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)8ft (2.5m)19s
Afternoon (25 Feb)13ft (4.0m)17s
Evening (25 Feb)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
2.4
W
2.5
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)1918171616161515141413138910101010101018111116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52045854100248632683153684571398724802048324236211718277234642930221613521346945940148216161164
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
40
SW
15
W
25
N
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
4.85
11:25PM
4.71
12:15PM
4.54
1:02AM
4.65
1:52PM
4.64
2:29AM
4.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
1.77
6:03AM
1.83
6:52PM
1.94
7:49AM
1.75
8:27PM
1.69
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise7:13-------7:11-------7:09-------
Sunset--5:54-------5:57-------5:59-----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------32111--------
Temp. °C12121212111110101011111011111111119999999
Feels °C (?)777877543431212484444555
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