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Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 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
10.7° 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 6AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 06). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (07 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.2
W
2.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.4
W
2.2
WNW
1.7
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
3
WNW
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.6
WSW
3
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
6
WNW
3
SW
4.5
WNW
4.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
Period(s) (?)67713137768888989111012111211111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)349453574315554230333554988970146646110603228534377632039486049214306465266917249
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
40
NW
45
NNW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
WSW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
15
WNW
20
SE
55
SW
55
SSW
70
NW
75
NW
60
NW
50
NW
45
NW
50
NW
50
NW
55
NW
50
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crossoncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20PM
6.00
7:41AM
6.27
8:04PM
5.76
8:24AM
5.96
8:47PM
5.45
9:08AM
5.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
0.41
2:09PM
0.44
2:22AM
0.67
2:52PM
0.75
3:04AM
0.99
3:34PM
1.11
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----8:18-------8:18-------8:18---
Sunset------4:36-------4:37-------4:37-
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light rain
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
light rain
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Rain (mm)
2-----11----384131111-1-
Temp. °C9988889111099971211878877878
Feels °C (?)10-2-2-11542124220-7-9-5-4-4-5-4-5-3
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